Replace damaged Asus A7V266-E with?

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I wish to replace this venerable Asus m/b with a Socket A replacement &
want to reuse my XP1800+ CPU & Crucial 2x256MB 2100 RAM at least for the
time being. The question is - with what?

S3 standby under WinXP must work as it does with my current m/b (waking
from S3 USB mouse not critical as I'm happy to carry on using the PS/2
port) & Firewire isn't a current requirement. If I'm to stick to the
devil I know, the A7N8X-E is overkill on price but would prefer the
option of SATA which counts out the lesser spec'd variants, this seems
to point to the well priced VIA A7V600-X. Possible alternatives to Asus
seem to be MSI. Anyone got any thoughts on a suitable replacement?

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"Let them eat beef" <noway@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:2pbadhFiuepbU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I wish to replace this venerable Asus m/b with a Socket A replacement &
> want to reuse my XP1800+ CPU & Crucial 2x256MB 2100 RAM at least for the
> time being. The question is - with what?
>
> S3 standby under WinXP must work as it does with my current m/b (waking
> from S3 USB mouse not critical as I'm happy to carry on using the PS/2
> port) & Firewire isn't a current requirement. If I'm to stick to the
> devil I know, the A7N8X-E is overkill on price but would prefer the
> option of SATA which counts out the lesser spec'd variants, this seems
> to point to the well priced VIA A7V600-X. Possible alternatives to Asus
> seem to be MSI. Anyone got any thoughts on a suitable replacement?

ABIT NF7-S V2.0 is on special at Scan over the weekend - £53 inc VAT.

 

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BUFF - typed:
> "Let them eat beef" <noway@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:2pbadhFiuepbU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> I wish to replace this venerable Asus m/b with a Socket A
>> replacement & want to reuse my XP1800+ CPU & Crucial 2x256MB 2100
>> RAM at least for the time being. The question is - with what?
>>
>> S3 standby under WinXP must work as it does with my current m/b
>> (waking from S3 USB mouse not critical as I'm happy to carry on
>> using the PS/2 port) & Firewire isn't a current requirement. If I'm
>> to stick to the devil I know, the A7N8X-E is overkill on price but
>> would prefer the option of SATA which counts out the lesser spec'd
>> variants, this seems to point to the well priced VIA A7V600-X.
>> Possible alternatives to Asus seem to be MSI. Anyone got any
>> thoughts on a suitable replacement?
>
> ABIT NF7-S V2.0 is on special at Scan over the weekend - £53 inc VAT.

Thanks for that but the NF7-S2G lacks a horrid little NB fan & appears
to be cheaper. I'm reading up on the Asus A7V880 as well.
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Um where talking about the NF7-S 2.0 ? not the NF7-S2g differnt board
=mate


On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:54:26 +0100, "Let them eat beef"
<noway@somewhere.com> wrote:

>BUFF - typed:
>> "Let them eat beef" <noway@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:2pbadhFiuepbU1@uni-berlin.de...
>>> I wish to replace this venerable Asus m/b with a Socket A
>>> replacement & want to reuse my XP1800+ CPU & Crucial 2x256MB 2100
>>> RAM at least for the time being. The question is - with what?
>>>
>>> S3 standby under WinXP must work as it does with my current m/b
>>> (waking from S3 USB mouse not critical as I'm happy to carry on
>>> using the PS/2 port) & Firewire isn't a current requirement. If I'm
>>> to stick to the devil I know, the A7N8X-E is overkill on price but
>>> would prefer the option of SATA which counts out the lesser spec'd
>>> variants, this seems to point to the well priced VIA A7V600-X.
>>> Possible alternatives to Asus seem to be MSI. Anyone got any
>>> thoughts on a suitable replacement?
>>
>> ABIT NF7-S V2.0 is on special at Scan over the weekend - £53 inc VAT.
>
>Thanks for that but the NF7-S2G lacks a horrid little NB fan & appears
>to be cheaper. I'm reading up on the Asus A7V880 as well.

HELLO NURSE.

 

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Orbital Defence - typed:
> Um where talking about the NF7-S 2.0 ? not the NF7-S2g differnt board
> =mate
>
As I've been finding out from threads on the Abit group I could
always prise off my Zalman NB hs & fit it on a NF7-S 2.0 as it glues on.
Forgot I'd removed the NB fan/hs & for the amount of heat generated, I
could have saved myself the effort 'cos I could just removed the fan
header for adequate cooling. The Abit may be a different matter of
course.
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