4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

[Koda]

A guy just offered me 4 motherboards 3 of which are socket 478 and a msi P45 lga 775. Do you think it's worth to buy them and is there any hope of resurecting them if it's not a cap problem? The P45 shouldn't be with a cap problem cause all of them P45's are with solids.

[ratdude747]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

No.

$10 max, $5 or less is good. Keep in mind that if it isn't caps and you can't fix it, all it is good for desolderable parts.

[Koda]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

It might be a mosfet, those are replaceable or even a crystal if there are any... And a P45 would be a nice catch if I can get it working.

[kc8adu]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

Can hardly give away 478 boards.if they wont sell for enough to be worth my time recapping or are types commonly used in industrial stuff they hit the recycle box.
the p45 is worth a shot if the socket is not trashed.i would buy it near scrap price and try to save it.
the others i would offer to recycle

[selldoor]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

Market may be a bit different in Macedonia? I would guess IT goods
are expensive and even older models will still be sought after.

[Koda]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

478 boards are still around and there is still market for them. A good 478 bard can go for 20$ easy, maybe more. If I get the P45 working it can sell for about 50$ but I'm thinking of keeping it. If I don't get it running I can still use the caps for poly modding. So a single 478 board will get me my initial investment back

[Koda]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

Got the boards today and the P45 turned out to be a P55 not much difference. Will seek for advice here once I start troubleshooting.

[c_hegge]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

P55? isn't that Socket 1156?

[Scenic]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

^ yep it is. Intel P55 is LGA1156 (for Core i3, i5, and i7)

Everyone who got suckered into buying those got pwnt.. same for LGA 1366.
It's obsolete already (no more new CPUs, current ones are about to be discontinued this year)

[c_hegge]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

Well, my PC is Skt 1156, but that's because I got the board for only $50 and the CPU from a PC that had it's motherboard fried by lightning (but the other parts survived).

[Scenic]

Re: 4 broken motherboards for 18$ do you think it's worth it??

Well.. I meant the people who bought them brand new and wasted lots of cash on them
Didn't even notice you had one (I don't really pay attention to forum signatures)