burbie barebones no cpu now $49 plus shipping

[antmanbee]

System is with my Dad now and he has other audio functions working fine, just not the cdrom. So I would assume it is enabled and I remember
enabling it although it was a few weeks ago. I was rushed building it, I loaded win2000 first and could not get the onboard modem working and so I reformatted and loaded 98se and gave it to him.

 

[ton]

<< System is with my Dad now and he has other audio functions working fine, just not the cdrom. So I would assume it is enabled and I remember
enabling it although it was a few weeks ago. I was rushed building it, I loaded win2000 first and could not get the onboard modem working and so I reformatted and loaded 98se and gave it to him. >>



Win 98 has 2 options to play music cds. 1) It plays by CD itself and pass through small analog connectors (that someone mentioned about.) OR 2) DAE - It reads digitally out from the disk and convert digital to analog at your windows.

IF anyone says CD audio is routed through IDE cable, it means that it's the 2nd option.

For DAE, i cannot remember how to enable this in 98. Just need to make sure that you use sth like media player 7.0+ to play the cd.

 

[hojl]

one last question..
is the IDE
33 or 66?

 

[Jes]

Ton,

I downloaded Media Player 7.1 from Microsoft and woo-hoo!

I can now play AUDIO CD'S.

Thank you very, very much.

 

[blaisburn]

which modem drivers do i download? it looks like there are three choices.

 

[poppagene]

a link is here motorola drivers

pick the drivers to fit your operating system. the first driver in a set is a complete file while the following 2 downloads are disks 1 & 2 if you are downloading to a floppy.

 

[poppagene]

looks like they have the matching keyboard for $3.50 plus shipping and mouse for $1.90 plus shipping

 

[hojl]

7.50 to shipp the keyboard tome in cali

 

[poppagene]

would be a better deal if they get some of the burbies -- combine shipping -- get a flower power usb mouse --woo hoo

 

[Bobarell]

OK, I have had mine for a while now, but just haven't had the time to put it together. I am assuming that I have a bad MB. I have a 4 gig HD with a fresh ME install and the floppy drive. I get a non-system disk error and then when I try booting with the floppy it gives me an I/O error.

I have checked and rechecked all of the cables and everything is good. I have also swapped out cables and I now know that isn't the problem. I can't get my drives to work. It's pissing me off and I really need to figure this out. The wierd thing with the Floppy drve is that if I put in and of my boot disks it gives me an IO error, but if I put in a non-boot floppy disk it gives me a non-system disk error. So, it is reading the data on the disk just not correctly


Somebody please help me with this. I don't have time to RMA it.


Edit: celeron 500 and 128 meg memory

 

[easystreet]

Does the bios "see" the floppy and the hard drive?
Try a different floppy drive.
It isnt clear to me.......you have a fresh ME install and when you boot to the hd you get a non-system boot error.....?
I had to RMA the mb I recieved.....it wouldn't boot at all....not even a whimper.

 

[hojl]

bobarell?
I think I had this problem before...I am sure you tried it but have you tried making another boot disk?

 

[95Cobra]

poppagene,

Does the Gateway board have an option in the bios to disable the onboard video? I was thinking of getting it and adding in a video card.

 

[Bobarell]

I have 6 different boot disks that I have tried.

The fresh install of ME is from another computer I built last month. I tried it on my computer(HD) and it works fine

The BIOS sees both the floppy and HD, just doesn't read them right

 

[easystreet]

linux-hacker.net info on this computer
A guy on there had this problem:
- If your not careful with the floppy cable you can push in one of the pins because I didn't realise that that the cable would go in both ways. (scratched my head on that one for a bit, it would recognise that drive but wouldn't read the floppy... pulled the pin back out and it works great.)


Do you know the floppy works(in another computer)?



95Cobra--there is no option in the bios to disable the video, only the sound and modem can be disabled in the bios


I have the Gateway 6312 in an In-Win flex case and the bios won't retain the bios settings every time. It's like the battery is bad. BUT......I have tried 3 different batteries that worked in other computers...they all do the same thing. Sometimes it does retain the bios settings when I reboot.......but only when I have to use the power button to turn it on. I have the computer and the monitor plugged in to a power bar. When I turn on the power bar and the computer boots without pushing the power switch is when the bios doesnt retain the settings. Anyone have a clue what the problem might be? Windows ME installed. Is it a bad mb?......power supply?.......ME?........????

 

[wesbc]

Bobarell,

Do you have a spare floppy to test. Maybe a bad Floppy. How about just flipping the floppy cable. Once I thought I had the cable right and it seems right but when I flip it it worked, even though it seems wrong.

Else maybe you have a bad MB.

 

[blaisburn]

has anybody tried to paint the sanded spots on the case.i tried some silver paint and it dont match,is there a certain brand of paint for this.

 

[poppagene]

95cobra: burbie is asleep for the night (my 10 year-old is asleep and if I wake him up i'll be in deep trouble), but I'll check this weekend. I haven't tried this, but it seems reasonable that there should be a way to disable the on-board video or sound and use the pci slot as an upgrade vehicle. The MSI card I have I found on eBay for 4.99 bid + $8 shipping--a rip off on the shipping, but for $13 shipped I have no complaints.

 

[poppagene]

easystreet: check the jumpers on your board--cmos jumpers often work in a way that is similar to removing the battery. clear cmos If the jumper is set in such a way the bios will clear every time you boot. Hope this helps. Thanks for the info on the onboard video.

 

[divide by zero]

blaisburn, I think some people have reported good result using Testor's silver modeling paint.

Bobarell, I had a similar floppy problem on a Tekram mobo. Turned out the motherboard was picky about the chipset on the NIC. And on the Andara barebones it was in need of a CMOS reset to solve the problem. I haven't tried putting my Burbie together yet. I'll let you know if I have and solve the problem.

 

[Jes]

blaisburn,

I went to my local Menards hardware and bought a spray can of Rust-oleum Specialty Metallic. (about $3.00)
It was a perfect match.

If you need the exact brand, let me know. I'll look for it tomorrow.


I painted my case and handle Metallic Black with a Silver (Chrome) buttons.

 

[Bobarell]

OK, I haven't tried another floppy drive yet. I will try that when I get home(At work).

But, what I can't understand is why the HD isn't working correctly.

As for paint-I went to Walmart and got the silver model paint and it is a perfect match. It is the spray paint.

I will try another floppy in a little while and get back to everyone. Thanks for everyones help, I really appreciate it.

 

[95Cobra]

Thanks poppagene,


My wife and I after searching the net have come up with these add-ons for the Burbie (barbie) pc. Some are must haves.


Silver 15" Flat Panel LCD Monitor at a awsome price!!!!
$213.99 Final Cost after instant savings and rebate.
Microtek LCD Flat Panel Color Monitor


Silver speakers that also have purple grill to match the purple power button etc on the front of the Burbie Pc.
$39.00
Juster AirWave AW-381

Barbie Digital Camera (you need a serial port) $20.00
Barbie Digital Camera

Barbie Gamepad (extremely hard to find) We got lucky on e you know who auction site and snatched a new one in the box for $9.99. Here is a link to what it looks like:
Barbie Gamepad

Barbie Printer: (Pretty hard to find) Do a search on E you know who auction site. They go for around $45.00 for a new/refurb. I think I may buy a new printer since these have been sitting around for a while.

Updrade to the Burbie Motherboard (If you want a processor above a Celeron 533. This is the max the included Intel board can do)

Various Flex ATX Boards On Pricewatch:
Pricewatch Search

Notes: The Gateway 4000753, Gateway Flex ATX WH11 Motherboard that poppagene bought can be had for $28.00 from Alan Computech Int. It's new with a one year warranty. This is a very nice motherboard for the price. It has the following Specs:

This PGA 370 system board uses the Intel® 810E chipset
Gateway Flex Case Only
Not a standard ATX
PC100 SDRAM DIMM system memory
Supports Intel Pentium ® III processor (with 100 MHz and 133 MHz front side bus) or Intel Celeron? processor (with 66 MHz front side bus)
Also Supports Ultra ATA 66 drives
Integrated Crystal 4299 sound
Integrated Conexant? Smart MCII & SmartDAA? V.90 modem
Integrated Intel 810E 2D/3D graphics accelerator

USB front panel connector
Primary IDE cable connector
Secondary IDE cable connector
BIOS configuration jumper block
Memory expansion slots
Diskette cable connector
Processor fan connector
Power supply cable connector
Processor PGA 370 Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket
USB ports (to connect mouse, keyboard, and other USB devices)
Monitor port
Audio jacks: Microphone , Line in , Line out/Speakers
Modem jack

The Intel D810EMO (New Retail Boxed) ($39.00) Motherboard is also very nice from Centrix International. It has the following Specs:

Processor
Intel® Pentium® III processor (with integrated 256 KB level two cache)
Intel® Celeron? processor (with integrated 128 KB level two cache)
Chipset
The Intel® 810E chipset consisting of:
Intel® 82810E DC-133 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® 82801AA I/O Controller Hub (ICH)
Intel® 82802AB Firmware Hub (FWH)
Memory
One 168-pin dual inline memory module (DIMM) socket
Support for up to 256 MB of 100 MHz non-ECC, unbuffered synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
32 MB to 256 MB using 16/64/128 Mbit technology
Support for serial presence detect (SPD) and non-SPD DIMMs
I/O Control
SMSC LPC47B102 low pin count (LPC) interface super I/O controller
Audio Subsystem
Creative 1373D Sound Blaster* AudioPCI 128V audio solution
Crystal Semiconductor CS4297 AC '97 stereo audio codec
Peripheral Interfaces
One serial ports
Two USB ports
Two USB routed to a header (for front USB)
RJ-45 LAN
Rear audio connector LineOut
Rear audio connector Mic
Internal audio header for Audio Out Front
Graphics Subsystem
Intel 82810E DC-133 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (integrated in the chipset) with 4 MB of 133 MHz video cache memory
Expansion Capabilities
One PCI bus connector (slot_5)
BIOS
Intel/AMI BIOS
Intel 82802AB Firmware Hub (FWH) 4 Mbit flash memory
Support for SMBIOS, Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI), Advanced Power Management (APM), and Plug and Play.
Other Features
Speaker
Fan 1 (chassis) and fan 2 (processor) connectors with fan tachometer
Intel® 82559 Network Adaptor
One standad 40 pin IDE header with master/slave
One mobile 50 pin IDE header with master/slave
Software drivers and utilities are available from Intel.

This is the motherboard my wife and I bought ($80.00 from Googlegear) due to the combination of ports on the motherboard: Midi port for a joystick (there actually is a Barbie gamepad out there but very hard to find), two serail ports, ps2, keyboard, printer port, nic and the ability to add a secound video card. The bios has an option if you add a pci video card to set which one boots as the primary. We are planning to add a cheap voodoo 3 3000 PCI or Gforce mx400 so my daughter can play some of the newer games she likes. A video card could possibly be added in the lowest pci slot but you will have to modify the case to accomadate it. I'll post some pictures after I am done:

Asus CUSI-FXIntel Socket370 PC-PGA
Processor Support Socket 370 for Intel® FCPGA Pentium III / Celeron 300~1000+MHz
Chipset SiS® 630E Chipset

Integrated Graphics
Supports PC133/PC100 SDRAM, UltraDMA/66, 133MHz FSB, 5 USB Ports
Integrated LAN

Front Side Bus 133/100/66 MHz
Memory 2x DIMM Sockets
Max. 1GB PC133/PC100 ECC SDRAM

Expansion Slots 1 x PCI
1 x PCI/AMR shared
VGA Integrated SiS® 300 Graphics Engine
IDE Ports 2 x UltraDMA/66 Ports
Audio Cmedia® 8738 3D Enhanced PCI Audio Controller
4 Channel Speaker Mode
LAN SiS® 630E Integrated LAN
Special Features Power Loss Recovery, ASUS® JumperFreeTM, CPU Throttle
Back Panel I/O Ports 2 x USB
1 x Parallel
1 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x VGA
Onboard I/O Interface ASUS® iPanel Connectors
2 Headers Support Additional 3 USB Ports (with onboard LAN Model Only)
20-pin ASUS® iPanel
SIR/CIR
CD/Video/AUX/Modem Audio-In
CPU/Power Supply/Chassis Fan
ATX Power
IDE LED

BIOS 2Mb Award® BIOS with PnP, ACPI, SM BIOS 2.3, Trend® ChipAway Virus (TCAV) & Green, Boot Block, Symbios® SCSI BIOS
Industrial Standard PCI 2.2, USB 1.1
Manageability WfM (Modem Wake up) 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOR (Wake On Ring), WOL (Wake-on LAN), SM Bus
Retail Box Contents Driver Support CD
User's Manual x 1
UltraDMA/66 Cable x 1
Floppy Cable x 1
3-Ports USB Bracket
9-pin COM Cable
*Retail box contents subject to change without notice.
Board Size FlexATX Form Factor
7" x 9" (17.8cm x 22.8cm)


Another motherboard that caught my eye was the Shuttle FV24. ($120.00) It has the best onbard video chip. Savage S4 and the video drivers on Shuttle's website were updated very recently. Here is a review on the board:
Review


Board Specs:

Supports Intel PPGA-370 processors

Chipset
VIA PL133 Chipset
VIA VT8604, North Bridge
Integrated S3 Savage 4 2D/3D Graphic Engine
VIA VT82C686B, South Bridge

Form Factor
Flex ATX
Size: 178mm x 190mm

Processor
Socket 370
Intel FC-PGA Celeron with 66 MHz FSB
Intel FC-PGA Pentium III with 100/133 MHz FSB
Cryrix III Socket 370 CPU series

Expansion Slot
1 x PCI

Memory
2 x DIMM
Support PC133 SDRAM

On board IDE Controller
Support PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2
Supoort Ultra 33/66/100 Synchronous DMA mode

On board I/O Controller
1 x Floppy port
1 x Serial port (16550 fast UART compatible)
1 x Parallel port (SPP, EPP, ECP port)
2 x USB port
2 x 1394 connectors

Chrontel CH7006C TV-out Controller

RTL 8139 LAN Controller

Lucent 1394 Controller

Flash EEPROM
Award PCI BIOS with PnP, Green and DMI Features

Other features
Onboard S3 Savage 4 VGA
Onboard AC97
Onboard 10/100 Fast Ethernet
S-Video and Composite TV-out terminal
Wake-On-Ring & Alarm
KB/Mouse wake u


I hope this helps and saves many of you the time of searching,

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

 

[uvgurer]

If I recall correctly I wound up having to install the audio and modem drivers for either the Gateway Neo or Astro (mostly the same thing, one is Japanese model). This was for Windows '98. The drivers were on the Gateway site. May be worth a look if nothing else works. Remember to enable DMA for the CD-ROM.

 

[hojl]

got a quick question...
I just got my burbie...

I believe the fastest ppga celery is 533 right?

I rememeber I had a tekram ppga only board a while back and it accepted 600 flipchip ppga celery but nothing higher...
I don't have the 600 fcppga cpu anymore so I cannot try.
Anybody try this to see if this burbie board accepts the 600fcppga celery?