Is my Motherboard dead?! (Pic)

[Dougal]

Never seen an RMA on the NF7-S ever.

[Ant]

I'm supprised nobody has mentioned the soundstorm with dolby support

I had 2 Abit NF7-S boards - cracking piece of kit and highly stable.

Actually, I almost ordered the NF7-S2, but it was only when I noticed the lack of soundstorm, did I realise something wasn't right!

Got myself up to speed now! Phew!

Ant

[oshta]

Dam it!
- I read this thread last night, and tonight as i was surfing hexus, the pc died! (went like it was about to reboot, but never came back)
- Looked at the mobo, whole line of borked caps.

Is this stuff in contgous or what?

The board is Epox 8RDA+, which i read is well know for the this prob.
- If its just dodgy caps thats the problem, is it (in that case) worth taking the mobo to a TV repair man and geting him to swap them out? (he did all the eletrolitcs in the vcr last year, for £30incvat)


Daniel (typing at server, while stood on the 6th step of the step ladders)

[cm_uk]

The last time I saw a mobo that borked was when I managed to hammer two sticks of ddr in backwards

The guy at crucial said i couldnt be done, so I said "whys it smell like scaletrix then?". He agreed it could be done.

OMFG LMFAO!

[Howard]

Abit NF7-S > *.socketa.

I've had mine for.... A while now. It's been rock solid since day 1. Keeps my 2400+ overclocked a little bit without a hiccup. The Soundstorm is ace too

[bmh.01]

Can't beat the good 'ol nf7-s, i've had five and every single one has worked flawlessly.

[Dougal]

I think the Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2 is the best overall socket A mobo.

The abit is the best for overclocking tho.

[Matt1eD]

Great one Pyle

mmmmm. leaking electrolyte. Anyone here placed a huge voltage backwards over a fat (PSU size) capacitor. Kaboooom with a huge puff of highly toxic smoke.

[Ant]

Dam it!
- I read this thread last night, and tonight as i was surfing hexus, the pc died! (went like it was about to reboot, but never came back)
- Looked at the mobo, whole line of borked caps.

Is this stuff in contgous or what?

The board is Epox 8RDA+, which i read is well know for the this prob.
- If its just dodgy caps thats the problem, is it (in that case) worth taking the mobo to a TV repair man and geting him to swap them out? (he did all the eletrolitcs in the vcr last year, for £30incvat)


Daniel (typing at server, while stood on the 6th step of the step ladders)

CAUTION! To All Epox Owners: Borked Cap Bug in the open!

Man, thats not good! Thats basically the same board as mine. Your problem sounds worse than mine though. Mine would still attempt to boot up, and even succeeded sometimes!

I don't see why your vcr man couldn't do it... I guess anyone could do it if they can solder and have the right caps. But is it really worth it? You could get a brand new board for a bit more than £30. Well thats the way I looked at it anyway.

Good luck!

Ant

[Yohji]

i had one of them it werent gd
i now have a 8rda pre and its great
there again i wanted it for overclocking