Upgrading Motherboard

[MadDog]

Originally posted by Garak
the board or your little predicament???

All three boards were taken back by the store, and my money is back in my pocket.

I was going to give the gift of smoking motherboards to someone. Any takers ???

[MadDog]

Originally posted by Garak
yes, but did you is what I'm asking. This is the type of thing I always do when I build a machine. Rare if I don't.

The store did just that for the third MB, and I took it home and installed it like I normally would (after triple-checking the stand-offs), and it smoked also. Don't think the store would allow me to try it with a fourth MB. Maybe after the New Year, they'll forget, and I can try it again......

[STIGOFTHEDUMP]

Originally posted by MadDog
Correct, but maybe I can give it away this Christmas.

I,LL ave it

[screwy]

What about the memory, is it compatible for the new board?

[MadDog]

Originally posted by STIGOFTHEDUMP
I,LL ave it

Too late for this Christmas. If I still have the "gift" next year, then you can have it.

[MadDog]

Originally posted by screwy
What about the memory, is it compatible for the new board?

The third motherboard did POST at the store a couple of times. So I presume the memory was good - a stick of PC2700 Corsair. I'm still trying to figure out how I shorted out three motherboards.

[Sockhatguy]

sounds like some fun I had at camp last year...took an old compy, stripped what we wanted out of it, set it outside, turned it on, and lit the case on fire. compy worked well for about 30 minutes, then the capacitors blew, PS melted, and threw the main breaker at the camp. would have been great to have sparks fly with the flames.

could the back of the MBs have been touching (grounding) to the inside of your case?

well, I'm about to build a new system, wiht my original Asus K7M ...reliable board, just limited on power and ram expansion. good luck! just thought I would comment *\= D - Sockhatguy -