Gabriel said:
Hi all
Im looking for a mobo manual I have looked on the IBM U.S. homepage and
google but my googlefoo is no good! and I need help to find one.
I have an IBM NetVista (NetVista is writen on the pc case) - on the mobo
was a sticker saying :
IBM FRU p/n s/n 24P6030
ZBNB171152LG
IBM FRU 24P6030 PRO2861
B00Z m/b 2001-01-05
On the mobo was writen:
PRO 286 Rev5.0
Chipset is a SiS 630
socket PGA-730
I need a mobo manual and a driver to make the two front usb ports to usb 2
as they are running at usb speed of usb 1 running win xp
This is running at 800MHz cpu
Thanks all
GK
It is a socket 370 (S370) board. There are different models of 630 chipset,
but this table doesn't shed any light on the details about USB. When details
are not shown, generally the assumption is the USB would be version 1.1 (slow).
http://web.archive.org/web/20040613...ts/chipsets/integrated/socket370/630chart.htm
The Wikipedia has some info. This SIS chip is unique for its time, in that
the Northbridge and Southbridge functions were put into just one chip.
Only much more recent boards have done stuff like that (like some
Nvidia solutions).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiS_630/730
"USB (SiS 7001)
The SiS 630/730 provides two USB 1.1 controllers called the SiS 7001,
theoretically allowing 2 12 Mbit/s shared amongst up to 6 physical USB
ports. On some boards or notebook systems only one of the controllers [is used]
with the other one going unused."
The IBM site has maintenance manuals, but they don't go into details about
the USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 capabilities. They do show jumpers however, if you
ever needed to understand what they did. What you do need though, to get the
right one, is some model/type number info. Like Netvista 2197.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/netvista/19k2493.pdf
You can start here, to trace down the real manual, whatever it is.
"Desktops" "Netvista Personal Computer" then four digit type, like "2197",
then three character model, something like "12T".
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s...nePublicationsLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo
People with desktop machines, normally fix this lack of USB2
capability, by installing a PCI USB2 add-in card. These can be
purchased for $20 or less, and can have four or five ports (one
internal one). A good chip type on the USB card, is NEC brand.
(This link shows customer reviews for a card with NEC chip.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...124008&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100
With regard to drivers, if you have Win2K or WinXP and the most
recent Service Pack installed, the generic drivers for USB2 in
the OS, should handle the card. For Win98SE, you may want to do
more research. If you have an older OS (older than Win2K), then
look for a driver CD to be included with the product. And also
read any advice from previous customers, as to what they did for
drivers. For Win2K or WinXP, I'd just try the card without drivers,
and see if the OS handles it.
The NEC chip does have the reputation, of blowing ports, and in
the reviews above, you can see some people reporting non-functional
ports. But in terms of overall compatibility, the NEC chip might
be better than some of its competitors.
But you cannot add a PCI USB2 card, if there are no PCI slots left.
And on a small machine, the spare slots may be used for modems
or Ethernet cards or whatever. There is no guarantee that a
slot will be left for your usage. (Open it up and have a look.)
The 2197 manual I mentioned above, says the power supply is just 95W.
This should not present a problem for the addition of a USB chip,
as the USB chip itself doesn't draw a lot of power. But it is something
to be generally conscious of when adding upgrades. 95W is not a
lot of power. I think my P3 system drew more power than that at
idle.
Good luck,
Paul
