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®AMD Jabil Kadoka Motherboard Information
Part numbers: 4000594, 4000629, 4000635, 4000646, and 4000673
Please note: We recently purchased a couple of Jabil Kadoka motherboards, unaware that there was very little documentation to be found about them. After many hours of trial & error, we decided to post whatever information we've uncovered here to help other people that may have the same problem. We are not affiliated with Gateway; we simply placed this information here to help others. I sincerely hope this information will help you; use at your own risk and feel free to leave any comments you may have.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- A user has recently brought to our attention that the board description incorrectly stated that the orientation for pin 1 on the ide and floppy connectors was incorrectly stated as being on the right, when in actuality they are on the left (when looking at the board with the ide connectors at the bottom). We've corrected that here, although I would imagine that Gateway still has it listed the other way on their information page. I hope this will help avoid any further confusion.
- This board seems to be sensitive about RAM. We had problems getting it to boot with Kingston 128 MB 16x64 PC100 SDRAM, but it accepted PNY 32 MB SDRAM, NEC 64 MB EDO SDRAM, and PNY 256 MB 32x64 PC133 SDRAM (not at the same time--never mix RAM). I mention this to hopefully help anyone that is having a problem getting the system to boot and thinking that maybe it's the motherboard or video, when it's only the RAM!
If you get nothing but a flashing light on your monitor, consider changing the RAM and trying different combinations.
- A user has also informed us that he has successfully used Apacer (256 PC 133) memory with his Kadoka.
Thanks, Ahumado!
- We tested this board using an AMD 950MHz Athlon Slot A CPU, 256 MB PNY PC133 SDRAM, a 32 MB AGP nVidia TNT Riva 64, Maxtor 40 GB 7200 RPM UDMA 66 hard drive, Diamond Monster PCI audio card, a WinBond PCI NIC, and a Lucent LTWinmodem.
This computer also has a Philips parallel port CDRW, parallel port Acer scanner, Alaris WeeCam, Ricoh digital camera, USB Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP gaming wheel, and a 100 MB Zip drive which all work very well.
We later replaced the Diamond sound card with a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live Platinum 5.1 (with the Live Drive), the Philips CDRW with a Creative Labs 12/10/32 CDRW, the WinBond PCI NIC with an Accton PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, added another 256 MB PNY PC133 SDRAM, and connected it to DSL. It works better than ever. The one thing that this board could really use is a better BIOS, though. It is most definitely lacking.
- For those of you curious about operating system support, we currently have a Jabil Kadoka running Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux 7.2. It handles all of these operating systems quite well.
- We were told by some tech support people that you can NOT use a Thunderbird Athlon CPU with this board. Contrary to this, most people have successfully been using Thunderbird Athlons in their Kadoka boards. The only problem that has been encoutered (and that's by a small percentage of people) is some boards with an older BIOS need to be updated. AMD has listed the chipset that's on this board as one that is compatible with the Thunderbird processor. (It's the same chipset that's on many boards that successfully use Thunderbird Athlons.)
Thunderbird CPU's are mostly socket processors, althought there are a few Slot A's out there. (AMD manufactured extras for compatibility reasons). I was having a problem trying to figure out exactly what version of Athlons our processors were. After several hours of researching, I finally decided to ask AMD directly, and they explained it quite well:
"Thunderbird was the internal code name for the AMD Athlon™ processor with performance enhancing cache memory (Model 4). The Thunderbird differs from the original AMD Athlon processors (Models 1 and 2) in that it has a 256K L2 cache that is on-die running at the same frequency as the processor. The original AMD Athlon processors have a 512K L2 cache that is off-die running between one-half and one-third of the processor's frequency. The Thunderbird is available primarily as a 462 Pin Grid Array Socket A processor.
The AMD Athlon™ Processor with Performance Enhancing Cache Memory is primarily available in a Pin Grid Array (PGA) form factor for Socket A platforms while the original AMD Athlon Processor is available in a Slot A module form factor only. AMD will make Slot A packaging of the AMD Athlon Processor with Performance Enhancing Cache Memory available to select Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners for a limited time to facilitate a quick transition to the new processor. The AMD Athlon Processor with Performance Enhancing Cache Memory also has a different ordering part number (OPN) than the original AMD Athlon Processor. Additional information on processor OPNs is available in the processors' Data Sheets. "
 
AMD Athlon 900Mhz CPU Only (Slot A) Thunderbird
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Interested in trying a 1000 MHz CPU?
Here's what Albert McCallson has to say:
"I have a Jabil 4000629 motherboard w/1000 AMD cpu and it runs fine and no problems."
Thanks, Albert!
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Further proof that a Thunderbird CPU will work in the Kadoka board:
Here is a screenshot (below) of a user's CPU info (this is from the AMD utility cpuinfo.exe. That is indeed a Thunderbird processor. We have also been told that 1.0 GHz is the top speed, so when we locate a Slot A processor faster than 1 GHz, we'll post the results here.
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If you're interested in reading about the all of the differences between the "Classic" and the "Thunderbird" Athlons, here is a link to an informative and quite interesting article called Slot A Showdown, written by James "Agg" Rolfe. ---Great article!!
Another issue of interest is that a few users have tried to update older Kadoka boards with a new T-Bird CPU, only to find that the board would not boot. We have heard of several people who resolved this problem by flashing their BIOS with a newer version. I would only recommend this as a last resort--and make sure you know how to do it first.
If you go to the AMD page below, they have a couple of CPU utilities that will help determine what breed of Athlon you may have. It's all in the model number (the main difference being the cache differences), and the utilities on the link below show that information. Our 950 MHz (Slot A in the Kadoka Mobo) turned out to be an original Athlon, model 2; while our 800 MHz (socket) was a Model 4, which was a T-Bird.
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®AMD Processor Drivers & Utilities Download Page
AGP drivers, bus mastering drivers, processor utilities, IRQ drivers, etc.
For the Kadoka motherboard, you would choose the drivers for the AMD-756 peripheral bus controller.
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AMD Athlon Processor FAQ
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ATI's PC Driver Page
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Main page for all NVidia's drivers (Windows, Linux, BeOS, OS/2)
- Gateway's Jabil Kadoka Motherboard Reference Page (fixed)
NOTE: Due to some unfriendly remarks from a select few, we've decided to remove the Jabil Kadoka motherboard descriptions and reference (that we had compressed for faster viewing) from this page. Alternatively, you can view it at Gateway's site through the link above.
We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences it may cause you.
- Gateway's Intel (Jabil) Pentium II Motherboard Page
- Gateway's Jabil Kadoka BIOS Flash Updates for the Jabil Kadoka Motherboard
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Jabil Kadoka motherboard FAQs
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CLICK HERE for a diagram of the front panel harness connectors (case connectors---power led, hdd led, etc.)
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