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Motherboard replacement
11-10-2007 10:21 AM
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Could some please suggest a replacement motherboard for my sizzled ASUS A8N-E? I dont realy want to buy a used one from Ebay and I am finding it difficult to find the same or the upgraded A8N-SLI.
Many thanks
Dave
Re: Motherboard replacement
11-10-2007 10:40 AM
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You could check Google Products for them, but they seem pretty expensive, even though they are a fair bit older than other boards on the market.
Re: Motherboard replacement
11-10-2007 5:03 PM
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Sizzling your motherboard is my way of telling you to upgrade.
Are you hoping to reuse ram and processor or are you gonna treat yourself to newer spankier faster stuff?
Re: Motherboard replacement
12-10-2007 7:53 AM
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However, PJ the motherboard you suggest appears to be ideal -price is definately right - many thanks for that.
Hmm, some confusion - Asus website says the motherboard can accept upto 4GB in RAM, although NovaTech claim it can only take upto 2GB. Additionally a couple of forums say the motherboard is not suitable for Vista (although I have XP at the moment).
Dave
Re: Motherboard replacement
12-10-2007 4:16 PM
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Neither do the big people like Dell - Thats why M$ have had to reintroduce OEM for XP.
Re: Motherboard replacement
12-10-2007 8:30 PM
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Re: Motherboard replacement
12-10-2007 8:55 PM
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Taking bets on Vista SP1 being just as poor, if not worse I'm sticking with XP for now, and only using XP because of application compatibility (WINE won't cut it with a couple apps I use). Once I can though, I'll be pushing everything to Linux.
Back on topic, if you are looking to reuse the rest of your system then I'd go for the board PJ mentioned. I'd consider doing an upgrade though, but maybe wait a couple months to see how the CPU market competition unfolds.
Re: Motherboard replacement
12-10-2007 9:49 PM
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Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 5:07 PM
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I know I can replace the motherboard myself but I dont have the time , nor inclination to do it. As an aside if I do buy new and want to transfer the data from my current hard drive to the new system i take it I will invalidate the warranty when I open the system up?
I sometimes wish buying a PC was like buying a TV - simple and straightforward. Far to many variables!!
Dave
Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 5:20 PM
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Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 6:25 PM
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Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 7:13 PM
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Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 8:52 PM
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http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Outlet
I picked up a bargain last year, for the sake of a starch that I would not have returned a PC for. But watch their customer service, delivery time it s not quick.
Chilly
Re: Motherboard replacement
13-10-2007 11:17 PM
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If you buy a new PC you will also get a new OS licence. All you need to transfer from the old drive is your data.. Pics, music , docs etc. This doesn't involve opening the PC! What is more, your old slow PC (well at least the HD) then becomes your backup. The only reason to put the HD from an old PC in to a new one is to act as a data store not to host the OS (unless you wipe it first).
Re: Motherboard replacement
14-10-2007 2:02 AM
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If the old drive should die - you could always put it back in the old PC for the warranty claim.
I've got an ancient PC with 3 IDE drives (plus one external SCSI).
Because historically it's always been cheaper to buy a new base unit when upgrading - so the oldest drive actually comes from a Pentium I PC (laugh). The SCSI drive is one of my own upgrades to get a decent disk access time and has Linux on it.
Currently, I've got those IDE drives spinning but doing nothing (One Win98, One NT4 + One data disk).
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