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Lawrence Ng
02-11-2005, 07:39 AM
About 2 months ago, I bought a second system from a friend. The system is fine, but I have an ATI 9800 Pro video card that just refuses to work with it. It freezes, refuses to load up on Windows. I used my video card on my other system and it works without a problem, so it appears that it may be a motherboard problem on my second system.

My second system has a built in LAN, vid card, sound card - all the stuff that I don't like but seems to come pre-packaged nowadays as standard with most motherboards.

Anyways, I am looking to buy a new motherboard. Something reliable and compatible with my P4 3.0 Ghz chip. Can anyone recommend something around the $100 - $150 range? I prefer it if it didn't have all that built in LAN, Video, sound card stuff in it, but if it does - that's ok as long as my regular video card will work.

Thanks.

Lawrence
Lawrence Ng
02-11-2005, 07:55 PM
bump
NorthernGuy
02-11-2005, 08:25 PM
Lawrence,

My personal preference is Asus boards, though you may have to pay a little more for them. I have the P4P800 Deluxe board and it's been great! I'm in Ontario, but I always buy from www.ncix.com (http://www.ncix.com) in Burnaby. They usually have great deals.
AngryCola
02-11-2005, 08:29 PM
You'll have to check all your specs. to be sure, but I'm 90% sure this board will work with your processor.

Asus is a good brand and this is a recommended board.

Socket 478 mobo - 800 MHz FSB

Asus P4P800 (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/overview.htm)


http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/p4p800_l.jpg
AngryCola
02-11-2005, 08:30 PM
You beat be by 4 minutes. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Good choice though!
Lawrence Ng
02-11-2005, 10:05 PM
Thank you very much guys, I will definitely check this board out. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Lawrence
AncientPC
02-12-2005, 03:44 AM
On the system that freezes, try disabling the onboard video card through BIOS and flashing the BIOS as well.

I can't suggest any P4 boards because I'm not familiar with them, but MSI has been known recently to make boards that bust caps pretty easily. Asus has a solid reputation despite my lemon.
eejit
02-12-2005, 12:24 PM
Check out the recommendations on this board.
http://www.motherboards.org/forums/