Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.
What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
So far, here is what I tried:
* New CMOS battery (did not work)
* Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
* Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
* 2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
* Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)
So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.
The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect that the variation in part number is purely because of the BIOS difference.
Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.
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What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery to no avail. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
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What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
So far, here is what I tried:
* New CMOS battery (did not work)
* Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
* Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
* 2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
* Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)
So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.
The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect that the variation in part number is purely because of the BIOS difference.
Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.
What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery to no avail. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
So far, here is what I tried:
* New CMOS battery (did not work)
* Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
* Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
* 2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
* Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)
So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect this is the case because these boards use different BIOSes. It is also a waste of money to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect that the variation in part number is purely because of the BIOS difference.
Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.
What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery to no avail. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
So far, here is what I tried:
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* New CMOS battery (did not work)
* Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
* Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
* 2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
* Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)
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So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components come from Inspirons :-). This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing. The part numbers are different but that's not a surprise. The Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007. I suspect this is the case because these boards use different BIOSes. It is also a waste to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect this is the case because these boards use different BIOSes. It is also a waste of money to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it for a potential candidate for a future guide I want to do I'm checking this thing out and seeing if there are going to be any nasty surprises ahead of time. I don't want to deal with a bum machine by surprise and waste hours of time on a machine that was beyond repair before I even started.
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.
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What happened was that the CMOS settings never ended up sticking, so I replaced the CMOS battery. I quickly realized this was still happening, so it was either a bum battery or the board has other issues. I even tried a different power supply, since I wasn't sure if that was the cause and this one has issues that warrant replacement on the off chance the bad capacitor power supply is causing the issue. Even with a different power supply, the issue didn't go away.
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After this I tried 2 more CR2032's I keep in stock, and it still had issues. I've replaced the CMOS battery 3 times and the issue is still here. At this point it's got to be a bad motherboard.
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So far, here is what I have done:
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* Checked the jumpers (checked out fine)
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* Replaced the original battery (Newsun is original. Replaced with Energizer)
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* Different power supply for testing plus simplified the configuration
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* Replaced the battery 2 more times (Panasonic)
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What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery to no avail. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.
-
At this point it's pretty much a cut and dry case of a bad motherboard since the issue persists.
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So far, here is what I tried:
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* New CMOS battery (did not work)
+
* Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
+
* Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
+
* 2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
+
* Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)
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So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components come from Inspirons :-). What this means is IF I can reflash a 530s board since the boards look to be the same but with different DP/N's (Vostro uses the 0CU409 variant of the Dell G33M02) I can do a board swap and it will be just like new again. The DP/N won't match but I can keep the old sticker in the case somewhere if I decide to do that so I know the actual DP/N for the Vostro board.
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However, the challenge here is the BIOS. The Vostro 200 board has a different BIOS then the Inspiron board since these are different machines, yet are similar. How would I go about a BIOS flash to have the correct BIOS on the machine?
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components come from Inspirons :-). This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing. The part numbers are different but that's not a surprise. The Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007. I suspect this is the case because these boards use different BIOSes. It is also a waste to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
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I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS. I also need to change the service tag to accurately reflect the machine it is installed in. I'm not going to buy a board for a busted 10 year old machine.
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Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it for a potential candidate for a future guide I want to do I'm checking this thing out and seeing if there are going to be any nasty surprises ahead of time. I don't want to deal with a bum machine by surprise and waste hours of time on a machine that was beyond repair before I even started.
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What happened was that the CMOS Clear jumper was on the 1-2 position, which clears the settings (I assumed it was in the default position and left it until I was suspicious of where it was placed). I checked this because I replaced the battery and it still happened. I have tried a second power supply I plugged in outside of the case... to no avail. At this point it's a cut and dry motherboard issue since I have also simplified the config and it persists. This happens with 3 replacement CMOS batteries and the original Newsun that's original to these machines.
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What happened was that the CMOS settings never ended up sticking, so I replaced the CMOS battery. I quickly realized this was still happening, so it was either a bum battery or the board has other issues. I even tried a different power supply, since I wasn't sure if that was the cause and this one has issues that warrant replacement on the off chance the bad capacitor power supply is causing the issue. Even with a different power supply, the issue didn't go away.
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After this I tried 2 more CR2032's I keep in stock, and it still had issues. I've replaced the CMOS battery 3 times and the issue is still here. At this point it's got to be a bad motherboard.
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So far, here is what I have done:
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* Checked the jumpers (checked out fine)
+
* Replaced the original battery (Newsun is original. Replaced with Energizer)
+
* Different power supply for testing plus simplified the configuration
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* Replaced the battery 2 more times (Panasonic)
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Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same board outside of the DP/N (The Vostro 200 board is the 0CU409 variant of the Dell G33M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
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At this point it's pretty much a cut and dry case of a bad motherboard since the issue persists.
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Is there any way I can do this in such a way that I can change the service tag and also allows me to flash a different BIOS without risking killing this board? I don't want to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
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The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components come from Inspirons :-). What this means is IF I can reflash a 530s board since the boards look to be the same but with different DP/N's (Vostro uses the 0CU409 variant of the Dell G33M02) I can do a board swap and it will be just like new again. The DP/N won't match but I can keep the old sticker in the case somewhere if I decide to do that so I know the actual DP/N for the Vostro board.
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However, the challenge here is the BIOS. The Vostro 200 board has a different BIOS then the Inspiron board since these are different machines, yet are similar. How would I go about a BIOS flash to have the correct BIOS on the machine?
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I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS. I also need to change the service tag to accurately reflect the machine it is installed in. I'm not going to buy a board for a busted 10 year old machine.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it for a potential candidate for a future guide I want to do I'm checking this thing out and seeing if there are going to be any nasty surprises ahead of time. I don't want to deal with a bum machine by surprise and waste hours of time on a machine that was beyond repair before I even started.
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What happened was that the CMOS Clear jumper was on the 1-2 position, which clears the settings (I assumed it was in the default position and left it until I was suspicious of where it was placed). I checked this because I replaced the battery and it still happened. I have tried a second power supply I plugged in outside of the case... to no avail. At this point it's a cut and dry motherboard issue since I have also simplified the config and it persists.
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What happened was that the CMOS Clear jumper was on the 1-2 position, which clears the settings (I assumed it was in the default position and left it until I was suspicious of where it was placed). I checked this because I replaced the battery and it still happened. I have tried a second power supply I plugged in outside of the case... to no avail. At this point it's a cut and dry motherboard issue since I have also simplified the config and it persists. This happens with 3 replacement CMOS batteries and the original Newsun that's original to these machines.
Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same board outside of the DP/N (The Vostro 200 board is the 0CU409 variant of the Dell G33M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
Is there any way I can do this in such a way that I can change the service tag and also allows me to flash a different BIOS without risking killing this board? I don't want to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system and I've noticed it does not turn on with the CMOS Clear jumper in the right position since I am testing it as a potential candidate for a future guide I may want to do. Seeing as I've tried a second power supply and seen the issue reproduce itself I'm pretty sure it's a bad motherboard at this point. I noticed this because I was noticing a CMOS checksum error and it still happened even after replacing the battery.
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it for a potential candidate for a future guide I want to do I'm checking this thing out and seeing if there are going to be any nasty surprises ahead of time. I don't want to deal with a bum machine by surprise and waste hours of time on a machine that was beyond repair before I even started.
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What happened was that the CMOS Clear jumper was on the 1-2 position, which clears the settings (I assumed it was in the default position and left it until I was suspicious of where it was placed). I checked this because I replaced the battery and it still happened. I have tried a second power supply I plugged in outside of the case... to no avail. At this point it's a cut and dry motherboard issue since I have also simplified the config and it persists.
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Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same part outside of the model number and DP/N (The 200 board is a 0CU409 variant of the M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
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Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same board outside of the DP/N (The Vostro 200 board is the 0CU409 variant of the Dell G33M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
Is there any way I can do this in such a way that I can change the service tag and also allows me to flash a different BIOS without risking killing this board? I don't want to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system and I've noticed it does not turn on with the CMOS Clear jumper in the right position. I'm pretty sure the motherboard is bad at this point. I've tried a second power supply and it still happens on the known good power supply I used to test it.
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I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system and I've noticed it does not turn on with the CMOS Clear jumper in the right position since I am testing it as a potential candidate for a future guide I may want to do. Seeing as I've tried a second power supply and seen the issue reproduce itself I'm pretty sure it's a bad motherboard at this point. I noticed this because I was noticing a CMOS checksum error and it still happened even after replacing the battery.
Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same part outside of the model number and DP/N (The 200 board is a 0CU409 variant of the M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
Is there any way I can do this in such a way that I can change the service tag and also allows me to flash a different BIOS without risking killing this board? I don't want to buy a board for a 10 year old system.
Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system and I've noticed it does not turn on with the CMOS Clear jumper in the right position. I'm pretty sure the motherboard is bad at this point. I've tried a second power supply and it still happens on the known good power supply I used to test it.
Since the board in this machine is similar to my Inspiron 530s in the sense it's basically the same part outside of the model number and DP/N (The 200 board is a 0CU409 variant of the M02) I'm thinking about doing a direct board swap from the 530s to the Vostro 200. The problem is since this is not a matching board and it is NOT a virgin part I will need to change the service tag and reflash the BIOS.
Is there any way I can do this in such a way that I can change the service tag and also allows me to flash a different BIOS without risking killing this board? I don't want to buy a board for a 10 year old system.