Just opened up the wrapping on the Burbie mobo.
It's an Intel Type BP810 mobo and one thing jumps out at me... or rather a lack. Mine has only *2* USB ports instead of the promised *4*! There's an obvious space for another double port, right between the video port and the sound ports. All traced out but empty. The present 2 USB ports are on the left of the video connector, behind the CPU.
Anyone else see this too?
It's an Intel Type BP810 mobo and one thing jumps out at me... or rather a lack. Mine has only *2* USB ports instead of the promised *4*! There's an obvious space for another double port, right between the video port and the sound ports. All traced out but empty. The present 2 USB ports are on the left of the video connector, behind the CPU.
Anyone else see this too?
<< Just opened up the wrapping on the Burbie mobo.
It's an Intel Type BP810 mobo and one thing jumps out at me... or rather a lack. Mine has only *2* USB ports instead of the promised *4*! There's an obvious space for another double port, right between the video port and the sound ports. All traced out but empty. The present 2 USB ports are on the left of the video connector, behind the CPU.
Anyone else see this too? >>
the other 2 are on the back of the case. they connect to some pins on the motherboard. Check out the intel manual linked in an earlier post to identify which pins are for serial port and which pins are for usb
hojl, its a shame the old thread got lost, because it covered this topic of fcpga chip in the bp810 mobo. I did it and it booted, but I did not run it for very long. Others did it and fried their chip, so I will not try it again. You can get an adapter from powerleap to put a fcpga chip in a ppga mobo, or you can just buy an inexpensive flex atx mobo on ebay.
yeah I think (I haven't tryed) but I think this should accept the 600 fcppga cpu like my tekram. But I guess I don't want to buy an 600 and not work so I went ahead and bought a 533 ppga. God I am such a wussy heheh..
Anyways I have the powerleap on the tekram mobo and it is now running a 700 PIII. Further it is very stable not one problem yet. I would recommend the powerleap but not at the price I bought it for (40bux or so) .
I wish these powerleap thingys are like 15 to 20 then that would be cool getting a burbie to run at 1gig (10*100fsb)
Anyways I have the powerleap on the tekram mobo and it is now running a 700 PIII. Further it is very stable not one problem yet. I would recommend the powerleap but not at the price I bought it for (40bux or so) .
I wish these powerleap thingys are like 15 to 20 then that would be cool getting a burbie to run at 1gig (10*100fsb)
Speaking as someone with a 566 FCPGA paperweight, there's nothing wrong with sticking with the 533 PPGA or using an upgrade motherboard for something more potent. Speaking of more potent, anybody try the Shuttle FV24 yet?? I'm thinking of this for my second burbie. small shuttle flex board
The Burbie appear to be in stock at
http://www.softwareandstuff.com $59 w\o cpu
They also have the keyboards for $9.95
http://www.softwareandstuff.com $59 w\o cpu
They also have the keyboards for $9.95
bump for back in stock. btw, the board that shipped with my 2nd burbie arrived DOA. 
I emailed support and will let you all know whether their customer service comes through on the 30 day warranty.
I emailed support and will let you all know whether their customer service comes through on the 30 day warranty.I recieved my Burbie on Monday from Directron. I plan on putting it together this weekend.
Wooot out to Directron. I ordered it on Thursday the 20th at about 2:00 pm and it arrived Monday the 24th! I mean come on ...the week of Christmas, that is fast. I wasn't expecting it for xmas, but it was nice to put it under the tree for the wife and daughter to have : )
Burbie with, keyboard, mouse, 533 celery = $105 plus shipping. Probably could have saved a nickle here or there but I had some other stuff I could order from there too that I couldn't order from other places that had the Burby.
Wooot out to Directron. I ordered it on Thursday the 20th at about 2:00 pm and it arrived Monday the 24th! I mean come on ...the week of Christmas, that is fast. I wasn't expecting it for xmas, but it was nice to put it under the tree for the wife and daughter to have : )
Burbie with, keyboard, mouse, 533 celery = $105 plus shipping. Probably could have saved a nickle here or there but I had some other stuff I could order from there too that I couldn't order from other places that had the Burby.
Anyone lend some help here: I got that msi mobo from ebay, installed a PIII 700, memory etc...what happens when I turn it on is that it goes straight to the BIOS and just sits there, the keyboard is unusable, and it won't boot off the floppy before going to the BIOS so I can't even update it.
I know that the mobo is seeing the kb/mouse because if I unplug one or both of them it gives me an error message.
I am stuck at the fist bios screen, the clock is right, and its counting seconds, but I can't change anything.
Any ideas?
I know that the mobo is seeing the kb/mouse because if I unplug one or both of them it gives me an error message.
I am stuck at the fist bios screen, the clock is right, and its counting seconds, but I can't change anything.
Any ideas?
The MSI that I got works ok .........EXCEPT it wont hold the bios settings when I do a cold boot. I use a power bar for the computer and the monitor. When I turn on the powerbar and the computer has to be turned on with the computer power button it is ok. When the computer boots by itself when I turn on just turn on the power bar it doesnt retain the bios settings. It acts like the battery is dead, but it isnt because I have tried 3 different batteries that work in other motherboards.
Is my problem the ATX power supply?
Or do these motherboards have a bios problem?
Scott, in what position is your bios jumper?
Is my problem the ATX power supply?
Or do these motherboards have a bios problem?
Scott, in what position is your bios jumper?
I've tried all the jumper positions with no luck...removed the hd and floppy and booted, removed memory, switched memory....nothing seems to help.
Looks like RMA time. I hope you didnt get it from Microstarauctions. They havent sent another mb I got on Fleabay and now they are no longer a registered user or whatever. I have a feeling that there is a bios problem with this mb. MSI denies any knowledge since it was made for Gateway and Gateway online help knows nothing...they want me to take it to a Gateway store so they can look at it. I wonder what Gateway computer this mb went in. Maybe Gateway had problems and dumped them en mass. If you find any info on this mb let me know.
need some help, i can successful install windows 98 on this burbie, but when I try XP or 2000, the install halts after the files are copied to the hard drive, it just states windows setup is being restarted
<< need some help, i can successful install windows 98 on this burbie, but when I try XP or 2000, the install halts after the files are copied to the hard drive, it just states windows setup is being restarted >>
Hmmm.. I don't think that this computer meets the minimum system requirents for Win2K or XP
GetReal,
I just installed XP pro on mine on Sat. Install went great and it runs great. I only had a 128mb stick to throw in there too so I was a little worried. Boots reasonably fast, and I didn't even have to turn off all the extra skin and shadow candy either. Although I think it would run faster that way.
I set up profiles for my wife and daughter and played around with it a bit. Have not installed any major programs yet though.
The only thing I noticed was that I have a exclimation point by the modem in "device mangler". I have not bothered to try any other drivers yet though as it really doesn't matter to me cause I will be going through my linksys network anyway to the net. All other devices seem to work fine.
A friend let me borrow a USB network adaptor and XP recognized that right off too. I was on my friends network and out to the web easy as pie.
I got my from directron and put a 533 celery in it. I had the value 128mb stick O ram, and old IBM 5400 /16 gig drive laying around anyway.
No worries... throw XP on that sucka and enjoy the lack of rebooting every day or sooner.
I just installed XP pro on mine on Sat. Install went great and it runs great. I only had a 128mb stick to throw in there too so I was a little worried. Boots reasonably fast, and I didn't even have to turn off all the extra skin and shadow candy either. Although I think it would run faster that way.
I set up profiles for my wife and daughter and played around with it a bit. Have not installed any major programs yet though.
The only thing I noticed was that I have a exclimation point by the modem in "device mangler". I have not bothered to try any other drivers yet though as it really doesn't matter to me cause I will be going through my linksys network anyway to the net. All other devices seem to work fine.
A friend let me borrow a USB network adaptor and XP recognized that right off too. I was on my friends network and out to the web easy as pie.
I got my from directron and put a 533 celery in it. I had the value 128mb stick O ram, and old IBM 5400 /16 gig drive laying around anyway.
No worries... throw XP on that sucka and enjoy the lack of rebooting every day or sooner.
get real:
I think the burbies meet the requirements for 2k not sure about xp since I never used it
I had 2k installed in my old PI 233 but I did have 256 ram...
but it ran and ran pretty fast I think..
anyways it worked in my PI 233 so a celery 433 or whatever should be able to take 2k.
I think the burbies meet the requirements for 2k not sure about xp since I never used it
I had 2k installed in my old PI 233 but I did have 256 ram...
but it ran and ran pretty fast I think..
anyways it worked in my PI 233 so a celery 433 or whatever should be able to take 2k.
I am not sure why you people call them burbies - thay are barbies!
If you are having problems with them, Replace the battery. I was having all kinds of wierd problems until I simply replaced the $2 battery. All problems went away.
I have been doing some reading and found that with the Intel 810 chipset, if the battery is low the system can not properly relay required information between the two chips that make up the complete 810 chipset (Video and Bus)
Hope this helps those of you having problems. Especially those of you with DOA units (REPLACE THE BATTERIES!)
If you are having problems with them, Replace the battery. I was having all kinds of wierd problems until I simply replaced the $2 battery. All problems went away.
I have been doing some reading and found that with the Intel 810 chipset, if the battery is low the system can not properly relay required information between the two chips that make up the complete 810 chipset (Video and Bus)
Hope this helps those of you having problems. Especially those of you with DOA units (REPLACE THE BATTERIES!)
What the heck am I missing?
Windows 98SE installed.
I downloaded the 41101060.exe sound drivers and can't get the onboard sound working.
Yes, sound is enabled in bios and nothing is muted in volume control.
Should Sound Blaster Emulation be enabled?.....what settings?
Has anyone used sound drivers from the included cd?....which ones?
Windows 98SE installed.
I downloaded the 41101060.exe sound drivers and can't get the onboard sound working.
Yes, sound is enabled in bios and nothing is muted in volume control.
Should Sound Blaster Emulation be enabled?.....what settings?
Has anyone used sound drivers from the included cd?....which ones?
has anyone had trouble with the cdrom not reading some media,i tried to find update to firmware and liteon list the drive but no firmware,these things were built in 1999 who and the hel- has been hanging on to these so long.i wonder what happened to the
hotwheel pc.
hotwheel pc.
easystreet--the solution is to download the latest version of microsoft's media player. See ton's earlier post.
hojl
Read my post a couple above you man..... XP is working like a champ on this little ah heck.
2 very small issues:
1) The modem shows a conflict with drivers. I have NOT tried to even fix this though as I don't intend on using the modem. If someone really wants me to try it, let me know and I will try a few other drivers.
2) I didn't even think of this but some of my daughters old games will not install on xp. Can't even get them in there so that I can run them in compatibility mode. lol O well guess it's time to get here some new games. This of course is NO fault of the Burbie. Just thought some of you might want to consider this.
I repeat, other then the above small issues (one of which no attempt to fix has been made and won't matter to those with broadband internet) the B U R B I E runs X P F i n e !
Read my post a couple above you man..... XP is working like a champ on this little ah heck.
2 very small issues:
1) The modem shows a conflict with drivers. I have NOT tried to even fix this though as I don't intend on using the modem. If someone really wants me to try it, let me know and I will try a few other drivers.
2) I didn't even think of this but some of my daughters old games will not install on xp. Can't even get them in there so that I can run them in compatibility mode. lol O well guess it's time to get here some new games. This of course is NO fault of the Burbie. Just thought some of you might want to consider this.
I repeat, other then the above small issues (one of which no attempt to fix has been made and won't matter to those with broadband internet) the B U R B I E runs X P F i n e !
Woohoo!
package2you has these listed as a Celeron ATX System for $43.50 AND has the matching USB keyboard ($2.90) and USB mouse ($1.25) all not including shipping.
I think their price on USB cable are decent as well, 6' USB A/B for $3.00 and 10+ of them for $1.75 each.
I don't know how useful these are but they also have 2' USB A/A cables for $0.50 each or $0.25 when ordering 10+.
Compgeeks has the Celeron 533 PPGA for $34 before shipping. I picked up 2 for $68. These are a Geeks Special so the 10% off by typing MC EXCLUSIVES into the promotion code box does not apply. Shipping for UPS Ground was going to be $6 but 2nd day air was only $8 to my zip code so I went with that.
Now if package2you would just carry the matching speakers at a similar great price I'd be set!
Dell has the Linksys and D-Link USB to Ethernet adapters for about $36 or so.
package2you has these listed as a Celeron ATX System for $43.50 AND has the matching USB keyboard ($2.90) and USB mouse ($1.25) all not including shipping.
I think their price on USB cable are decent as well, 6' USB A/B for $3.00 and 10+ of them for $1.75 each.
I don't know how useful these are but they also have 2' USB A/A cables for $0.50 each or $0.25 when ordering 10+.
Compgeeks has the Celeron 533 PPGA for $34 before shipping. I picked up 2 for $68. These are a Geeks Special so the 10% off by typing MC EXCLUSIVES into the promotion code box does not apply. Shipping for UPS Ground was going to be $6 but 2nd day air was only $8 to my zip code so I went with that.
Now if package2you would just carry the matching speakers at a similar great price I'd be set!
Dell has the Linksys and D-Link USB to Ethernet adapters for about $36 or so.
bought 2 burbies,one just died after 8 days and tried the other and it is dead to,nothing comes on not even the power supply.i bet
it will cost me more to ship them back then what there worth.i found a site on google that mentions the company in canada that made
these went bankrupt,they had bad power supplys and some other things, there were alot of people that ordered these for christmas and never recieved them.matel had to reimberse people.
it will cost me more to ship them back then what there worth.i found a site on google that mentions the company in canada that made
these went bankrupt,they had bad power supplys and some other things, there were alot of people that ordered these for christmas and never recieved them.matel had to reimberse people.
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