About 8 months ago, I got a goodie box full of junk computer stuff.........and at the bottom of the box there was an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe. The board was packed with vented OST caps, board was beat to holy hell, VRM FET's were nothing but carbon soot, and the northbridge heatsink was missing.... I didn't even bother any attempts to repair the board, it was in such bad shape, so onto the scrap board shelf it went. A few weeks ago, I relocated all the boards that were on the scrap shelf because I needed the space for an incoming corporate job, and I came across the old P4C800. Being the board really wasn't that old, I had an idea..... I emailed Asus with the serial number in attempt to RMA it. They accepted the RMA, and I sent it in. I figured they'd take one look at it, laugh, and send it back to me with a note saying 'piss off'.... About 3 weeks later, a box shows up from Asus. I open it, and to my amazement, there's a brand new P4C800-E Deluxe in there!!!
Of course the new board is packed with those damn OST caps, so before I even powered it up, I recapped the entire board with Rubies (MBZ series). I stuck a P4 3GHz CPU in it, and some RAM, and she fired right up!! This will make a nice backup server in that Chenming case I traded for a couple months ago...
Damn, these Rubies are pretty!!
Soldering perfection!!
Just goes to show, you never know what treasures you don't even realize you have.... I was gonna pitch the board in the trash, and just thought I'd give it a shot. There was 6 months of warranty left on it when I sent it in...
Of course the new board is packed with those damn OST caps, so before I even powered it up, I recapped the entire board with Rubies (MBZ series). I stuck a P4 3GHz CPU in it, and some RAM, and she fired right up!! This will make a nice backup server in that Chenming case I traded for a couple months ago...
Damn, these Rubies are pretty!!
Soldering perfection!!
Just goes to show, you never know what treasures you don't even realize you have.... I was gonna pitch the board in the trash, and just thought I'd give it a shot. There was 6 months of warranty left on it when I sent it in...
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