Question Socket 478 replacement

[Zubla]

A gun went off by my head and after I figured out I wasn't dying, I noticed my computer didn't work--something had cooked off the motherboard.

My ABIT-BL7 ATX Socket 478 Intel 845 (W2K Server) has been setting around for years with my life of data on it. I'd like to attach the HDs to a working MoBo. Full tower case. Saving the peripherals would be gravy.

What used/cheap MoBo can I grab? The old mobo still has all the cards and components (memory: 3GB of PC133 168pin SDRAM DIMM).

So I think my question is, what mobo:

1. Lets me hook up the following HDs.
2. Preferable: uses the old components, but if I can get populated cheap that's okay. Goal is data.
3. Preferable: Is under $45 (used okay). If I had the bucks I'd just buy a refurbished BL7.

Harddrives:

1. Western Digital WD1200 IDE
2. Western Digital 160GB IDE (shares the ribbon data cable with above.)
3. MAXTOR DiamondMax 10 says 200GB PATA133 on it but has a thin cable. Maybe my cabling mistake years ago.

TIA!

 

[AllanGH]

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 was....well, I guess still is....a Rev 1.0 SATA drive. There was no way that you could have made the kind of cabling mistake that would force a pair of SATA cablea into a 40 pin PATA connector...Just saying.

Maybe you can still get refurbished boards on eBay?

 

[USAFRet]

My ABIT-BL7 ATX Socket 478 Intel 845 (W2K Server) has been setting around for years with my life of data on it. I'd like to attach the HDs to a working MoBo. Full tower case. Saving the peripherals would be gravy.

Obtain a USB IDE/SATA cable.
Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S

Remove the drives, connect them to some current system via the USB cable, and copy your data as needed.

 

[AllanGH]

Why didn't I think of that?

I have one of those in my cable box, in the closet.

 

[Zubla]

Thank-you very much!