Asus P4B DOA need replacement

I've looked all over the Internet for an inexpensive replacement for a
friends dead board. This is a P4/PC100-133 SDRAM combo and therein lies the
problem of finding something (he's not conducive to ebay). Any clues on
where else to look would be very welcome, thanks.

Peter

peterf wrote:
I've looked all over the Internet for an inexpensive replacement for a
friends dead board. This is a P4/PC100-133 SDRAM combo and therein lies the
problem of finding something (he's not conducive to ebay). Any clues on
where else to look would be very welcome, thanks.

Peter



Start here. Select "845 845S..." from the Chipset menu. Then search.

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/index.html

That will return a number of 845 based motherboards. The 845
boards come in SDRAM and DDR versions. You want an 845S which
is the SDRAM version. You should see the Asus P4B listed as
an 845S version. (BTW - that means an 845 board, with SDRAM
sockets - I don't think the actual chip number is 845S...)

The Mobot has entries for each motherboard, and for some there
will be a picture of the motherboard. For example, this would
be for the old P4B.

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/mo...ds_d/ASUS/P4B/

Since that board is so old (I have one), you'll likely have
fun finding something from that era. You might be better
off picking up a stick of DDR memory, and searching for
a more recent DDR board with S478 socket. That might be
a little easier to find.

Also, if you use your favorite search engine, and try

845 sdram s478

you can find things like this ($49) :

http://www.hypermicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=MBFI103

HTH,
Paul

Well Paul, the link you sent below to the FIC VC31 below is exactly what we
need! (of course). Thanks again, this will serve my friend well until he can
afford to upgrade.

Peter


"Paul" wrote in message
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peterf wrote:
I've looked all over the Internet for an inexpensive replacement for a
friends dead board. This is a P4/PC100-133 SDRAM combo and therein lies
the problem of finding something (he's not conducive to ebay). Any clues
on where else to look would be very welcome, thanks.

Peter

Start here. Select "845 845S..." from the Chipset menu. Then search.

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/index.html

That will return a number of 845 based motherboards. The 845
boards come in SDRAM and DDR versions. You want an 845S which
is the SDRAM version. You should see the Asus P4B listed as
an 845S version. (BTW - that means an 845 board, with SDRAM
sockets - I don't think the actual chip number is 845S...)

The Mobot has entries for each motherboard, and for some there
will be a picture of the motherboard. For example, this would
be for the old P4B.

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/mo...ds_d/ASUS/P4B/

Since that board is so old (I have one), you'll likely have
fun finding something from that era. You might be better
off picking up a stick of DDR memory, and searching for
a more recent DDR board with S478 socket. That might be
a little easier to find.

Also, if you use your favorite search engine, and try

845 sdram s478

you can find things like this ($49) :

http://www.hypermicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=MBFI103

HTH,
Paul