a li'l more on this board:
you should look @ the caps if they are chhsi replace them they have a tendency to blow easier than most other brands.I have one of the MS-6330 VER: 2.1 and just had to replace them if you have some old power supplies around you can save a li'l $ there are 3 different values.
ms-6330 ver 2.1 (gateway) to flash with msi bios?
I'm new here and I'm not sure if I should ask my question in this thread or start a new one.
This gateway oem I've acquired, can it be successfully flashed with either AMI or AWARD bios from MSI's site? It has the gateway OAAVWP13 flash on it right now, but I'm not impressed with the very limited menu. I want more control over it, especially when it comes to settings or updating or simply installing vga, via and nvidia drivers. I think if I stick with gateways mobo flash, I won't be able to use any others, particularly msi's.
I don't want to chance flashing with the msi flash bios until I've heard from someone who knows whether it will work or leave me with a mobo that can't be restored. So, has anyone done this with their kt133 chipset (K7T pro)?
Particulars of my oem from Gateway support site:
Jabil Ahlon Motherboard - 950MHz
ms-6330 ver 2.1 (oxnard)
Specifications:
BIOS AMI BIOS
RAM Capacity Three 168-pin DIMM sockets
Support for 32 megabytes (MB) to 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of 133-MHz ECC or non-ECC unbuffered SDRAM using 256-megabit technology
Support for SPD and non-SPD DIMMs
AGP Slot Meets AGP 1x, 2x, and 4x specifications
Processor and Host Bus Speed AMD Athlon processor in a 462-pin ZIF Socket A
133-MHz host bus speed
Chipset VIA KT133 chipset consisting of:
AMD VT82C686A South Bridge (peripheral controller hub)
AMD VT8363 North Bridge (host controller hub)
USB Ports 1.0 specification compatible
On-Board IDE SMSC LPC47M102 LPC interface super I/O controller
UATA 33/66
Slots Five 32-bit bus master PCI v2.2 slots
Supports 3.3-V to 5-V bus interface
Remote Control Meets ACPI specifications
Power switch connector on-board
Soft power off
Environmental Operating: 0 to 55° C (32 to 133° F)
Non-operating: –40 to +70° C (–40 to +158° F)
Note: An ambient temperature that exceeds the board's maximum operating temperature by 5 to 10° C may cause components to exceed their maximum case temperature.
Reliability MTBF is 293,919 hours, at 55° C (133° F)
Thanks in advance!
Front panel connector solution.
I just bought one of these MS-6330 Ver. 2.1 boards in July (2007). I wonder if the capacitors were replaced in a refurb, or if these are "as manufactured"?
I was almost going to move my front panel connector pins to the alternate location , slightly to the right of and 90 degrees to the Gateway front panel connector. There, the place for pins is clearly labeled as to which does what. I had booted mine up by jumping the points where the power switch pins could be soldered. It ran great.
I decided to use an ohmmeter and see what pin corresponds to each of the labeled pin holes. Besides doing that, I also found that the part number of the cable that plugs on to the front panel connector is 8001996. The Gateway site provided a good view of the connector and the cable, including the wire colors and groupings.
Note... If you download "Belarc Advisor", and run it, it'll tell you the serial number of the machine the board thinks it is. Then go to Gateway's support site, and enter your serial number. Gateway's site identifies mine as a Gateway Select 1100, ship date 5/3/2001. Gateway lists this bios download: 7511677.exe - BIOS Update for the Oxnard Motherboard, version 0AAVWP13
Supports: All Operating Systems.
http://support.gateway.com/s/CASES/s...6/b0199601.jpg
http://support.gateway.com/s/cases/s...6/b0199603.jpg
I found good a pic of the front panel LEDs and switch, that showed which wires went to what, but I lost the URL. I have it saved as a jpg, tho.
Note: Green LED is HDD activity. Clear one is bicolored… Green or yellow. It grounds to pin 13
Here's everything, including color coding of the cable.
Odd pins on the motherboard from 1 to 15 are along the right edge.
Even pins from 2 through 16 are along the left edge (14 is missing)
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HDD Led. pins 1 (black [330 Ohms] ) and pin 3 (red ) If it doesn’t light, reverse them.
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Front Panel Power LED Green component pin 2 (green +)
Front Panel Power LED Yellow component pin 4 (pink +)
Ground for Green/Yellow combo LED pin 13 (black -)
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Power SW pins 6 (blue +) and pin 5 (wht -)
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That's all the wires that are on the factory cable.
Reset would be pins 7 and pin 8 (ground) A few of the Gateways had a reset switch.
This might be useful, too:
http://support.gateway.com/s/CASES/s...6/b0199603.htm