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At The Very Beginning => Promotions & Competitions => Topic started by: runn3R on March 20, 2009, 12:05:48 pm
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Hi All
As you know (I hope ::) ) GIGABYTE motherboards are very well known for their reliability and longevity. Therefore show us the pictures of your STILL WORKING AND FUNCTIONAL motherboard. At least these photos will be required to be posted as your reply here:
- the whole PC which has installed GIGABYTE motherboard (it should be working !)
- model name of the motherboard
- serial number (SN)
More pictures and your comments like what do you use it for ;) (i.e. typing machine, internet browser, old games) are more than welcomed. ;D
The required serial number (for old motherboards) is usually located on or near the CPU socket or last PCI slot on a white strip of sticker with a barcode, see below pictures.
(http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/eService/img/mb_SerialNo_1.jpg)
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/sn1.png)
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/sn2.png)
There should be 10 or 12 digits following the letters "SN" on the sticker. Examples: SN0212101492, SN081600803517
The winner (one with the oldest working mobo) will be awarded with GIGABYTE PSU, some nice giveaways (shown in the below post) and 2 GB pendrive!
Competition closes end of May so you have enough time to find the oldest mobo. You can always check with your family, friends & neighbours. So let's start!
P.S. This competition is valid for users from UK and Ireland only.
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So finally 8) we have all items which will be the prize :D
1x Superb 550 PSU
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/2009-04%20PSU%20SuperB-550.jpg)
Spec info: http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/PowerSupply/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2795&ProductName=Superb%20550
1x 2GB USB pendrive
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/Gigabyte%20USB%20small.jpg)
1x Thermo Cup
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/2009-04%20Thermo%20mug.JPG)
1x set of GIGABYTE lucky pack consisting of carry bag, ski jacket, playing cards, writing book, pen, beanie
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/2009-04%20lucky%20pack%20contents%20.jpg)
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Damn, I have an old socket A that I just gave away to a customer >.<
I just want the jacket, mug and bag so I can wear em to work with my tools and drink tea at my desk without it goign cold! :P
Pretty sure it was 1 of these....
(http://static.cauti.ro/images/produse/232/full_232056_1.jpg)
Oh well.... I'll see if I can nab a shot of it but I think they're away...
~Bex
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Hi Bex
pity you don't have it, try to get it back if possible ;)
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No joke! I want that bag, mug and jacket! Going to phone her today and see if I can get a hold of her, and if so, get her to bring it in so I can note down details! :P
~Bex
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if you get all the PC and this mb is the oldest in the competition then you'll win. remember to take and post required photos. good luck! ;D anyway you'd be the first one.
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Lol damn - shes away for like 2 weeks... maybe I can phone my old work - I know they had loads of mobo's - used to be a gigabyte only sales :P
Could I get away with my old skt 939 PC? I don't think I have pics of it posting but pics of it powered on and running? :P
~Bex
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I've got a working P3 board here somewhere, I just need to find a PSU to go with it. It was doing a great job as a media centre and testing box before it got upgraded :)
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@ Elemental_Dragon: yes you can go with Socket 939 PC, no prob.
pic with POST screen is not required, just pic with running PC + the other 2 which were mentioned already at my first post.
@ Tippon: go, go, go :)
@ All: i can't wait for the first 3 pictures, waiting so long
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I still have a fully functional Gigabyte Socket A motherboard at home!!
8) I'll get some pics.
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Hi, All,
I'm a newbie here so go easy,
I have a gigabyte P4 Titan 478 mobo, ser no 30A032 00796 a few years old but still going strong,
Is it in the running?
How do I post some photo's as requested?????
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I have a gigabyte P4 Titan 478 mobo, ser no 30A032 00796 a few years old but still going strong,
Is it in the running?
How do I post some photo's as requested?????
Hi
Yes you can start in this competition with your mobo. The number you wrote is NOT serial number, pls read precisely my first post about where to find it and how it looks like.
To post the photos you need to use one of 3rd party picture hosting servers, for instance: http://www.tinypic.com/ , http://www.imageshack.us/, http://www.photobucket.com/, http://www.upload3r.com/, http://www.mediafire.com/, ....(i don't know the other ones but there are for sure ;) )
How to use such server? first you upload your picture, then server gives you the link to the image to use in the forum. And you put this link into your post using Insert Image button (one row above the faces, the second one from the left).
the results of such posting you can see here for instance (it's completely different topic):
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,207.msg711.html#msg711 , he used Imageshack server (you can find it when right clicking at the picture).
It's good to keep the width of max. 768 pixels of each picture, then no need to scroll right/left to see the whole of it, but it's not required of course.
Hope this helps :)
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Hi, runn3R
Had to take my mobo out of the case to see the ser no,
It was on the PCI slot on the bottom side :o
The Ser no is SN0 343000836,
Well got some of the pics, only hope it all works when rebuilt, to get my screen shot :'(
Is there a Booby Prize for effort!!!
HAHA
Cheers
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Ok Here Goes 8)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/100_1118.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/100_1119.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/100_1120.jpg)
Well it looks and works after All Yeh ;D
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Hi Pottypete
great! :D you are the first one to start in this competition
however i can't see the model name on the first picture. could you open your chassis (don't dismount the mobo this time! ;) ) and take the picture showing model name? Thanks!
p.s. you know it's officially required, see below
(...) At least these photos will be required to be posted as your reply here:
- the whole PC which has installed GIGABYTE motherboard (it should be working !)
- model name of the motherboard
- whole serial number (SN)
(...)
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Hi,
The photo's have disappered??
Will post them including the correct views
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1124.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1129.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1132.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1134.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1120.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/purpleandy203/gigabyte%20comp/100_1119.jpg)
Tis Right I hope!!! :-[
Pottypete
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Hi Pottypete
ok, now i can see clearly model number it's GA-8S648-L, thanks.
so you are the first one !! my congrats :)
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I can defo beat that!! Just hope the wife will give me time to dismantle it for the photo's!!
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I've got a p3 based GA-6VX7-4X which has been serving as a test server for me. Its survived 2k server and 2k3. Its sat abandoned at present. I'll try load XP on it and see what happens.
Mobile phone pics arent too clear but i'll post the serial number properly as well.
<much later>
Ok. She posts. (now i have thrown the 256mb stick that is bad. A single 512mb is left)
Running Memtest ok. Just need to install XP and get a screenie.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1415 is the board.
http://www.www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-6vx74x.html Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X Review [04/14/2000 12:00 AM
wow so potentially this is 9 years old?
Its a 1.2 revision board and SN is 0042529666
I cant see any date stamps on it anywhere.
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Hi mercyground
yes GA-6VX7-4X is for sure much older than GA-8S648-L but you need to post all required photos anyway.
p.s. no need to provide any additional date stamps
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Ha
That Got you all scrabling for the goodies ::)
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http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/483/desktoppdg.jpg
(http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2562/image033.jpg)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7253/image034y.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4433/image029v.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1817/image030tdt.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3598/image032a.jpg
There you go. Looks like the 512mb is faulty despite passing a memtest. stuffing in some 128mb sorted it.
Appologies for the poor phone pics. Best i can do with it i'm afraid :(
Amusingly? I've just replaced an old asrock motherboard (skt A) with a gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P and a nice dual core AMD. The daft thing is... The asrock replaced the original skt A Gigabyte due to blown caps.
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Hi mercyground
thanks for the pictures. however most of them are not clear, unfocused totally. don't you have digital camera or just borrow from somebody who has it? it would be really great to see it clearly, especially the one with SN. And i don't have idea what is on the one you named as image032a.
regarding posting the pictures i modified your post to allow you to see how it works.
next time when posting links to images just use "Insert Image" button from the menu (it's the second one from left side, one row higher than smileys), then put the link to jpg file between "img" and "/img" in brackets.
you can test it in this area of our forum: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/board,20.0.html
p.s. pic of pink label is not required at all, to save your time.
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Hi All
Giving this a go as first time trying to post pictures on a forum. This motherboard was used daily untill couple of weeks ago but is still working as you can see from pictures (hopefully)
(http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2694/serialnumb.th.jpg) (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=serialnumb.jpg)
(http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5955/modelnos.th.jpg) (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=modelnos.jpg)
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3742/comp.th.jpg) (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=comp.jpg)
Cheers
Krazycommando
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Wow. A Packard Hell machine... And its in good nick.
By the time i usually get one of these to fix they look like they have been abused/bombed.
And by the look of timing on articles... Looks like yours is out a few months before mine. Nuts.
Oh well, Guess the Gigabyte guys will be able to tell dates from the Serial Numbers.
Oh and i'll try post updated pics of mine soon. I have a web cam that might work for it. Just need some decent light to do it in.
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Hi Mercyground
not a bad machine its my mates but i am sorting him one out a bit newer than that one.a Socket A but i am gutted thoough cos about a month ago chucked my GA-5AX in the bin typical innit which had an amd k6-500 in it with a whole 128mb of ram
Cheers
Krazycommando
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you had an ax too?
heh, i had one of those a LOOOOONNNNNG time ago. had a k6-2-400 in it. i prised the top off it and clocked it up to 450. It wouldnt quite do 500 which was a shame.
I ended up with a k63-500 on it till i killed it chipping the core :(
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I have GA-586-DX in working condition.
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/2m/ET/3nXc9m27/dsc01296.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/2M/Fd/2f9LLka7/dsc01297.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/22/cV/1jImuPeu/dsc01299.jpg)
I remember having some 486 gigabyte motherboard somhere in my uncle's company, but since he is across country, I don't want to bother visiting :P .
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chupo, it's very hard to see all of your photos, they are just TOO WIDE >:( not mentioning about the quality which is terrible especialy for the first photo :(
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I did make poor quality photos. I'll post better and resized pitures later. For now, you can download the images to fully see them.
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an 586 motherboard? sheesh. Guess no point in doing my pics.
what on earth are you using it for?
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^I want to make a retro computer, I have most of the components .
GA-586-DX fully functional :) .
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/1j/81/TL3KFXj/dsc01301.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/2V/117/gkVqrsb/dsc01302.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/3a/4f/X70Lw0B/dsc01303.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/3y/eS/4hpNRSB9/dsc01304.jpg)
Mods can delete my previous post .
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:o oh my gosh!!!
Do you have the screen shots to prove it works?
Dual socket 7!? Them were the days :)
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Wow it looks ancient!
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chupo :)
finally nice photos indeed. you know i completely forgot that there were dual socket 7 :o motherboards !
seems you will be the winner, if only :P this pc works
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The last time I used this board, it was working, so I felt that there is no reason it wouldn't POST this time.... and it did pass POST (PowerOnSelfTest), but since I didn't have any CPU cooling at the moment, had a poor quality video card and no hard drive, this is the only thing I can show as proof so far.
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/m/10m/1SFgjHJg/dsc01315.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/2e/re/3zIuist4/dsc01318.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/d/FZ/2nue5qm0/dsc01319.jpg)
(http://www.dodaj.rs/f/1S/6W/4lAlpYV9/dsc01321.jpg)
It works!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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well done chupo, it's enough :)
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Can you tell me the manufacturing date based on the SN?
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29th Nov 1996 according to that bios screen.
I think he's won this one. Gratz.
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Daaaaamn that's old - we did find an old motherboard - the cartidge type processers but turned out not to be gigabyte and it then swiftly got hit with a baseball bat..... so it doesn't work anymore lol
~Bex
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it then swiftly got hit with a baseball bat..... so it doesn't work anymore lol
~Bex
Erm? Why lol :P
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Hi All
it's time to announce the winner.......
the oldest motherboard was shown by chupo!
Our best congrats!
his GA-586-DX was manufactured in September of 1996 (39-th week of 1996, as it's SN starts with SN9639...) so it's nearly 13 years old and it's still working!
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Well done chupo You de man,
Bet you wish the Prize was for sunglasses and coconut sun tan oil with this weather ;D
Cheers
Pete
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Congrats to chupo and well deserved, that GA-586-DX definitely takes some beating.
Personally, I had a Skt 370 GA-6PMM, about 8.5 yrs old, so I thought I had a chance, but when chupo sent in his pics, that was the end of that.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1415 is the board.
http://www.www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-6vx74x.html Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X Review [04/14/2000 12:00 AM
wow so potentially this is 9 years old?
Its a 1.2 revision board and SN is 0042529666
I cant see any date stamps on it anywhere.
Any idea of when mine was manufactured? I got it 2ndhand and just wondered how old mine is.
just curious as to if mine was oldest bar chupos :) (Damn man... i thought i was a packrat with keeping old stuff btw) Gratz that it still works (And curses for foiling my cunning plan to win more shiny stuff to clutter the house with that she who must be obeyed can yell at me for :P )
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nm. after reading the post about chupos again i've worked out mine is the 42nd week of 2000.
9years isnt bad :)
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big surprise!
after checking with chupo it appeared that he is not from UK so it's against the rules of this competition. then he can't be the winner. sorry :( chupo
the second in a row was krazycommando with his GA-6WMM7 from 37-th week of 2000 so it's nearly 9 years old mobo.
he is the winner! :)
best congrats to him! he will get the whole package of the prizes we prepared.
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beaten by 5 weeks... sheesh.
Gratz man!
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congrats krazycommando ;D
When you think your second it's worthwhile hanging around ;D
Them old mobo's just go on and on