-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hmmm. When your board came in its package, was the socket open or closed? I believe mine is closed by the looks of it...But unfortunately I need some eyes to be able to tell. On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:55:05PM -0400, Tom and Esther Ward wrote: > Hi, Igor. > Some modern motherboards such as, Intel, don't require jumpers to be set. In > my case once my Pentium processor was dropped in to the ziff socket the > bios detected the voltage and bus speed which was really nice. > As for finding the ziff socket mine had a little bar on it which slipped > over the processor once it was seated in the socket. > As far as PCI and AGP slots go I'd have to look inside my case to compare > them again, but my 4* AGP port had a center piece that kind of split the > slot. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:16 PM > Subject: OT: motherboards > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all. I just got my Asus A7n8x-x board today, and I am reminded once > > again that it is next to impossible to figure out the layout of the > > board. Like I know I am supposed to be looking for 6 expansion slots (5 > > PCI and 1 AGP), and I think I found them but not positive of that. I > > also think I found the ziff socket and the DIMM slots, but not sure of > > that either. So now I'm trying to come up with ideas on how to make > > building a box more accessible to the visually impaired. One idea I came > > up with is to add/rephrase it in the manual so that you are able to > > relate the location of for example, IDE connectors to where your hand > > (s) are positioned on the motherboard. Much like documentation for > > adaptive equipment. I'm not sure it would be possible to stick little > > labels next to/on jumper connectors for example, because I'm thinking > > they may melt because of changing temperatures inside the machine/during > > the shipping process. Anyone have any other ideas? I am actually > > thinking of incorporating any ideas people may have here with ones of my > > own and writing to Asus with my suggestions. > > - -- > > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAf0H5Nohoaf1zXJMRAk48AJ9Y+d8ub8FpkllXP+5N0HVzBnP3GwCcCvce > > XfM+yerVcjX4n+5Otwz7Dzg= > > =/gRz > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAf/s+Nohoaf1zXJMRAg04AJ9HitLS3degm2ITJd/tRyXSdShRMwCcCjrc H6h4dK+dUdw/uwbeQ4h7Pw4= =E/lG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
