Think I just fried my mobo...

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29-04-2004, 10:42 PM
shredisn@tdead

Think I just fried my mobo... now which Canterwood - Abit/Asus/DFI?
Just been trying to stick some Coolermaster Alu memory heatsinks (hacksawed to fit) on the MOSFETs on my P4P800 as they (were) running damn hot...

All of a sudden a pop and a spark and the screen goes blank :rolleyes: Well no smoke at least, I thought.

:eek: :mad: :mad:

Reboot - NADA - screen blank, not even a beep out of the mobo. I was going to try another gfx card in it, but if the mobo ain't even beeping at least once then my guess is the mobo is a little too well done, right??

So the age old question: Which mobo do I replace it with:
- Abit IC7-MAX3
- Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
- DFI LanParty PRO875
I'm running a Prescott @250fsb/PC4000 with Exos-Al watercooling. (don't knock the Prescott - the box is a cruncher and devours SETI work units with 1Mb L2 cache and its just that little bit cheaper than an ExpensiveEdition)

I'm tempted by the MAX3's OTES - btw, is this noisy?
However I really like Asus and constantly hear/read good stuff about the P4C800-E Deluxe
But my UV lights/fans/cables are screaming out for the LanParty! But does it perform?

Well, whaddya say?
29-04-2004, 11:09 PM
skattrd

I've got the pro875b revb and me likeee .... I can't understand how its cheaper than the other two either. I have an enclosed case (no window) so looks are unimportant, but it performs great - had my 2.4c up to 282 fsb with standard cooling.
The only slight thing I can say against the board is vcore droop - I have to set 1.65v in bios to get a stable 1.6v in windows

edit: what chip u got and how fast does it crunch compared to a Northwood?
My 2.8c @ 3.4 does approx 17-18 wu's a day - hoping for more when my pc4000 returns and I can run 1:1 ;)
29-04-2004, 11:36 PM
shredisn@tdead

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what chip u got and how fast does it crunch compared to a Northwood?
My 2.8c @ 3.4 does approx 17-18 wu's a day - hoping for more when my pc4000 returns and I can run 1:1 ;)

My 2.8E @ 3.4 does averages 21.5 wpd according to SetiQueue. Some days it gets up to 25 and down 19 on a bad day.

I've also got a 2.8C @ 3.4 in an Epox board, also with PC4000 (CAS3 not 2.5 tho) and that averages 17.5 wpd.