P4 mobo questions - Please help!!
Earlyer this week a mates pc died, trying to fix it :(
I *think* its the mobo.. anyway is there anything special about p4 boards that I might have missed?
At a guess, its the bios chip.. or something.. that seems to be what causes most mobos to just die for no identifiable reson.. (without a spare bios chip to test with anyway..)
The p4 was a 1.8, dunno what type (the really old crappy one - before northwoord iirc).
The board was a MSI 6507 (I845). (here is my WTD thread for a replacement)
What board should I be looking for, whats compatable with this chip (or how do I find out?)
I thought maybe someone on hexus or another forum might be selling an old board like this around now (with pci express etc..just came out.. good time
to upgrade..) but I havent seen any yet :(
Im tempted to tell him to get a AMD64 cpu and chip, if getting a p4 board is going to be costly.. that way itll last a few years...
