I own a compaq sr1514nx with the ASUS k8s-la motherboard that is fried
.
I cant seem to find this board anywhere to buy so is there a board out
there that i can buy and use in this computer. everything else works
just need board and maybe processor.
I have a compaq too which I immediately trashed. I threw away the case
and got a 20 buck one from Compusa and then recently replaced the MB
with a standard nforce3.
I recall the K8s-la seemed to only be made for compaq I couldnt find
it mentioned anywhere else. Asus has a variation on it they used to
sell which seem slightly different. For all I know the model number
alone made me the difference but it had a SIS chipset and built in
graphics.
For the same amount of money as an official replacement --- if it ends
up costing $100+ you can actually buy almost part of a new system if
you live in the US.
Eg.
Compusa --- Mambo Thermaltake blackcase which is a very nice
snazzy case thats standard no guessing what will fit in the future
if you have to swap parts out. Its $20 after rebate this week only.
Frys often as 2800 semprons and 3100 semprons with a ECS nforce3
board for $79/89 combo. You get a new processor MB AND case for
roughtly 100 or so. If you sell the processor on ebay etc you should
get around half of that money back usually easily so you end up with
new case and MB for 50-60 cost.
Youll have the problem of reinstalling the OS though as philo says. I
didnt use Compaqs reinstall disks. They have a partition with
reinstall files in the partition. You can make reinstall disks from
them according to posts Ive read. However you have to be able to read
from the HDs to make these disks of course and Ive had tons of trouble
recently when Ive swapped out MBs with even WIN XP. Even in safemode
they seemed to not be able to bootup and many cant even get to the
point of getting in safemode.
