Re: k7s5a pro

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:39:19 GMT, Jam <> wrote:

>Mike G wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:04:52 GMT, Jam <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I bought a k7s5a pro last month and it is working fine.
>>>The motherboard manual mentions an onboard modem and a
>>>second serial port.
>>>
>>>Can someone tell me where the connections are on the motherboard?
>>
>>
>> The 'onboard modem' connection is the AMR slot (the small slot just
>> above the AGP slot) - you need an AMR modem card to get this to work.
>> It's an OEM thing, really; you're best off just getting a PCI modem.
>>
>> The K7S5A Pro doesn't have a second serial port. The text was clearly
>> lifted from the manual for the original K7S5A (which does have two
>> serial ports) and they didn't bother to correct it.
>>
>Thanks for the modem info. But the BIOS shows that there is a second
>serial port as does the HWINFO program.

Again, that's a holdover from the original K7S5A. HWINFO is probably
getting its info from the BIOS, it doesn't necessarily mean there's a
physical serial port connection on the board.

--
Mike

I suspect the pro board uses a standard super i/o chip, and the
software control registers are present for the serial port, but the
connector is not present.

--
Best regards,
Kyle
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"Mike G" <> wrote in message
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| On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:39:19 GMT, Jam <> wrote:
|
| >Mike G wrote:
| >> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:04:52 GMT, Jam <> wrote:
| >>
| >>
| >>>I bought a k7s5a pro last month and it is working fine.
| >>>The motherboard manual mentions an onboard modem and a
| >>>second serial port.
| >>>
| >>>Can someone tell me where the connections are on the motherboard?
| >>
| >>
| >> The 'onboard modem' connection is the AMR slot (the small slot
just
| >> above the AGP slot) - you need an AMR modem card to get this to
work.
| >> It's an OEM thing, really; you're best off just getting a PCI
modem.
| >>
| >> The K7S5A Pro doesn't have a second serial port. The text was
clearly
| >> lifted from the manual for the original K7S5A (which does have
two
| >> serial ports) and they didn't bother to correct it.
| >>
| >Thanks for the modem info. But the BIOS shows that there is a
second
| >serial port as does the HWINFO program.
|
| Again, that's a holdover from the original K7S5A. HWINFO is probably
| getting its info from the BIOS, it doesn't necessarily mean there's
a
| physical serial port connection on the board.
|
| --
| Mike