Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
Underclocking results in power savings. It is a good idea for the eco-conscious out there. For a PVR, the thing will probably running at all times, so saving power is a good idea. I think I am going to have to ditch the Socket A becuase I can't figure out how to undervolt and underclock on the fly like you can with the new chips. Plus upgrading to a newer AMD chip + board is just as cheap as getting a decent Socket A on Ebay....
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Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
No, actually I'm trying to underclock and use this system as a PVR. I'm not sure if the KT880 will give problems underclocking as well....Leave a comment:
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Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
Thanks for all the great replies everyone. I have decided to go with a new board since I need SATA anyway. Does anyone know about the ECS N2U400-A? Right now my options are:
ECS N2U400-A (refurbished)
MSI KT880 Delta (used)
Abit NF7-M (refurbished and expensive)
I haven't seen anyone complain about the plague in any of these boards.Leave a comment:
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Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
Thanks for the reply. Is there a certain vintage where the problem is more prevalent. I tried running some searches for mobos with kt333 or earlier chipsets and found tons of bad boards. However when I search for mobos with kt880 I don't see any troublemakers.Leave a comment:
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Re: GA-7VRXP pics
Do the bad capacitors ever damage any of the components(CPU/RAM/Video)?...Leave a comment:
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Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
For anyone else that is interested in this question, it looks like the Abit NF7-M is a good Socket A board. From [URL=http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1362]this review[/URL] I saw this:
[I]Something I was extremely happy to see was that the NF7-M was only using Rubycon capacitors, nothing else.[/I]Re: Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
For anyone else that is interested in this question, it looks like the Abit NF7-M isLeave a comment:
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Is there a list of Socket A motherboards which are immune from the plague
Moderators, if this is posted in the wrong area please move it.
I just found out that my motherboard has the plague. I thought it was rust or something until I came to this site which has such a wealth of knowledge about the issue. I am considering re-capping, but would rather just buy a new socket A board. I noticed that there are quite a few Socket A boards on ebay up for sale, and was wondering if there was a list somewhere of boards which didn't suffer from the shoddy capacitors. If anyone has a link to a list please post it here. -
GA-7VRXP pics
Here are some pictures from my Gigabyte GA-7VRXP Rev 2.0
It has an xp2000+ with 512MB DDR333. I was experiencing lock ups and random restarts. When I tried to re-install the OS I kept getting stop errors.
What are the chances that these bad caps could have damaged the processor/ram/video card? I want to recap and reuse, but it might just make more sense to upgrade. Any input would be greatly appreciated....
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