Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> > > yes. it's called a mirror. use it to look at the lower part of the ISA
> > > slot. there is a sticker. if it annoiunces v1.0 you're all set. if you
> > > have v1.1 you may be having an incorrect board. however, it's easy to be
> > > changed if you know how to handle a soldering iron.
> >
> > Easier look at the handles on the ZIF 370PGA sockets.
> > Metal or Chrome are v1.0
> > Plastic are v1.1
>
> I have some v1.1 boards with metal handles and some v1.0 boards
> with plastic ones...
>
> The easiest way to decide if the board has the bad regulator/capacitor
> pair is to look at the capacitor first and only look further if it is
> smaller (in mechanical size) than it's neighbours.
This isn't right either. They changed to a larger regulator on 1.1,
but they didn't understand the hints in the spec for that new
regulator that this would require a larger cap(*). So the smaller cap
is valid for 1.0 boards with the less powerful regulator.
Roger.
(*) I'm an Electrical engineer. I read the datasheet, and it shows a
larger cap for a heftier application as an example. As the smaller cap
and regulator worked on 1.0, I wouldn't have changed to a larger cap
either.
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