Looking for an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe

[vdub12]

Hey guys, hoping someone can help me out here. My personal Media Center has been running for years with bad caps. Well today it finally took a dump. Its failing memory tests no mater what ram I use in it. I am sure its the caps causing it.

Its an ASUS A7V8X-Deluxe. If anyone has one that would be willing to part with it let me know. I would rather not build a completely new system since this one was working great.

I would like to use another ASUS but If I can't find the Nforce board I would be willing to use another socket A board within reason. Let me know what you guys got and what you are willing part with.

 

[wimwauters]

I've just sold my stock of these before Xmas. Ah well, that's life

Replacing caps is easy though: just read the voltage and capacity and measure the spacing between the pins, and head over to RS components

You will need soldering skills and a heated solder-sucker or braid.

 

[vdub12]

I dropped the FSB to 133 and the system seams to be running OK now however it seriously cripples my 2800+ CPU.

I think this systems days are numbered. I have this systems twin in my office. I may build another system for my office and part that system out to fix this one. Who knows. At least I can watch TV again, lol.

 

[meanderer]

check out badcaps.net and do a recap. If you are sure they are caps problem, by all means give it a shot.

I actually have the exact board, but I can't part with it yet sorry (it's my parent's media center)

 

[dbdawn]

Those boards are rock solid, I gave my last spare to my dad a little while back.

 

[vdub12]

Those boards are rock solid, I gave my last spare to my dad a little while back.

Yes they are. The one in my media center has been full bore for like 6 years. Since I lowered the FSB today its in the living room running right now.

I think may try and change the caps. But I would like to have a replacement just in case I am not successful. There is also still a chance the the CPU is the problem. I tried running the CPU at 166 and the memory at 133 and it didn't work. The only way it will run is if the entire bus is at 133.

 

[vdub12]

Well I found one on ebay. It was a little pricey but it will work. It was $86 but it comes with a 3000+ and 512mb of ram.

 

[meanderer]

even with the replacement I would still suggest that you change the caps just for kicks.

I do think 80 bucks for the set is a little on the high side, but the ram sweetens the deal a bit.

 

[vdub12]

even with the replacement I would still suggest that you change the caps just for kicks.

I do think 80 bucks for the set is a little on the high side, but the ram sweetens the deal a bit.

Honestly the ram in my mind is just going to get tossed in to the spare parts pile. The CPU though will be a nice upgrade from the 2800+ that I have now. I believe the 3000+ is a 400FSB chip.

I am going to try and change the caps. If it works out I will use it to upgrade my bench computer. It uses an A7V8X-X, it would be nice to have SATA on my bench computer. If it doesn't go well I will at least upgrade the CPU on the bench computer from a 2000+ to the 2800+ that I am taking out of my media center.

Hey I might even try upgrading to Windows 7 MCE from the Windows XP MCE I have been using.