Thanks for the info on the Foxconn board. The ECS board has been good to me, had four and only one died of cap failure. I tend to like the NF2 boards, but I'd have to look around to possibly find a major name board. If it weren't for the warm boot problem, we could probably keep the MB and just
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006
11:03 AM
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Subject: [H] Socket A Motherboard
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My son is trying to slightly update his computer on a very limited
budget. Currently he has a 1.47Ghz Athlon in an Aopen AK75 MB.
I have been using Foxconn 748K7AA for socket A rebuilds, have been OK. Mostly
replacing ECS with blown caps. sis chipset.
from Newegg, like $39 delivered.
Only done 3 and my friend has done 3 but so far seem fine. Manual leaves a lot
to be desired though. They have a version with SATA headers f
My son is trying to slightly update his computer on a very limited budget. Currently he has a 1.47Ghz Athlon in an Aopen AK75 MB. Since it was 6 months old the board has refused to warm boot, you always need to turn off the power supply and wait, so it's time for a change.
He's got a new power su
