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cliffnseattle · 03-08-2005, 01:42 PM

The mobo has 4 SATA ports (SATA1, SATA2, SATA_RAID1, SATA_RAID2), and 3 IDE ports (PRI_RAID, PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE). I can't find a fourth IDE port. I can't find an 82547Ei chip, although with all of the various cables it's possible I missed it somewhere. While searching for the 82547Ei chip (which I didn't find), I noticed a chip in that area (right next to the AGP slot, at the edge of the board where monitor cables, etc would be connected) with 3COM, Marvell, and some very small numbers printed on the chip (I can't get a good look at it, without significant disassembly).

Your third bullet (and reading elsewhere on this forum about the differences in the various P4C800 mobo's) leads me to believe this is a P4C800 Deluxe (non-E). I'm tempted to flash the BIOS, assuming the BIOS is different, although with a working system (other than the onboard LAN) I'm a little reluctant.

I'll download the non-E BIOS and decide whether to flash it (I probably will give it a try ...)

Assuming a non-E Deluxe, one of two things probably happened (the retail mobo box and the manual all say P4C800-E Deluxe):

1. The wrong mobo was in the box ... or
2. The guy I bought it from had two systems - maybe one of them was an -E, and the other non-E, and he swapped boxes / mobo's when I bought the system from him.

Many thanks for the help, Clintfan!

Cliff

03-08-2005, 01:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
cliffnseattle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14 OS: WinXP	The mobo has 4 SATA ports (SATA1, SATA2, SATA_RAID1, SATA_RAID2), and 3 IDE ports (PRI_RAID, PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE). I can't find a fourth IDE port. I can't find an 82547Ei chip, although with all of the various cables it's possible I missed it somewhere. While searching for the 82547Ei chip (which I didn't find), I noticed a chip in that area (right next to the AGP slot, at the edge of the board where monitor cables, etc would be connected) with 3COM, Marvell, and some very small numbers printed on the chip (I can't get a good look at it, without significant disassembly). Your third bullet (and reading elsewhere on this forum about the differences in the various P4C800 mobo's) leads me to believe this is a P4C800 Deluxe (non-E). I'm tempted to flash the BIOS, assuming the BIOS is different, although with a working system (other than the onboard LAN) I'm a little reluctant. I'll download the non-E BIOS and decide whether to flash it (I probably will give it a try ...) Assuming a non-E Deluxe, one of two things probably happened (the retail mobo box and the manual all say P4C800-E Deluxe): 1. The wrong mobo was in the box ... or 2. The guy I bought it from had two systems - maybe one of them was an -E, and the other non-E, and he swapped boxes / mobo's when I bought the system from him. Many thanks for the help, Clintfan! Cliff Last edited by cliffnseattle; 03-08-2005 at 01:54 PM.