Hello overclockers people.
Need some advice on a new motherboard for my old computer but not sure what specs i have to look for. About a month ago my motherboard developed a fault so i looked to replace it and found the same board on ebay for £25. One month on and i now get an error when starting the computer (Bios post beep = 1 Long - 2 short). Having googled this error, it appears that the fault lies with the video card Nvidia 7600GTX so i installed a different video card that i know works and i still get the same error. I can now only assume that the error has something to do with the motherboard so rather then attempt to buy the same motherboard again i'd rather purchase a different model that supports my CPU and memory.
Presently my computer has the following spec board:
FIC P4M-915PD1 INTEL 915P LGA775 uATX Motherboard
SPECIFICATIONS
Processor 533/800MHz FSB / Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor w / HT Technology
Chipset
Intel® 915P Express Chipset / Intel® ICH6/R
Memory 4 DIMM slot / DDR 400/533 SDRAM support / Max. 4G total
Audio Azalia 8 Channel / Realtek ALC880
Serial Ata Intel ICH6/R, 4 ports (Support RAID 0,1)
Onboard Lan Realtek 10/100 Mbps
Expand Slots 3 PCI / 1 PCI Express x 16
Onboard IO 1 Parallel port / 2 PS2 Connectors / 1 (1 x RJ45 + 2 x USB 2.0) / 2 com port / 2 x Audio connectors : Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out / 8 USB 2.0
Onboard IDE 6 Dual-Channeled Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Connectors Support Ultra DMA ATA 66/100
System Bios ACPI, APM, DMI, SMBIOS, PnP, USB, PC99, PC2001, Y2K Compliant
Form Factor uATX - 9.6" x 9.6"
IEEE1394 VIA6307L 2 Ports (option)
Video 1 X PCI Express x16 slot.
Anyone have any ideas on the best budget board available from overclockers that has the same spec as the details listed?
Thanking you all in advance for your help.
Kind regards Phil (kwacker)
Need some advice on a new motherboard for my old computer but not sure what specs i have to look for. About a month ago my motherboard developed a fault so i looked to replace it and found the same board on ebay for £25. One month on and i now get an error when starting the computer (Bios post beep = 1 Long - 2 short). Having googled this error, it appears that the fault lies with the video card Nvidia 7600GTX so i installed a different video card that i know works and i still get the same error. I can now only assume that the error has something to do with the motherboard so rather then attempt to buy the same motherboard again i'd rather purchase a different model that supports my CPU and memory.
Presently my computer has the following spec board:
FIC P4M-915PD1 INTEL 915P LGA775 uATX Motherboard
SPECIFICATIONS
Processor 533/800MHz FSB / Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor w / HT Technology
Chipset
Intel® 915P Express Chipset / Intel® ICH6/R
Memory 4 DIMM slot / DDR 400/533 SDRAM support / Max. 4G total
Audio Azalia 8 Channel / Realtek ALC880
Serial Ata Intel ICH6/R, 4 ports (Support RAID 0,1)
Onboard Lan Realtek 10/100 Mbps
Expand Slots 3 PCI / 1 PCI Express x 16
Onboard IO 1 Parallel port / 2 PS2 Connectors / 1 (1 x RJ45 + 2 x USB 2.0) / 2 com port / 2 x Audio connectors : Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out / 8 USB 2.0
Onboard IDE 6 Dual-Channeled Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Connectors Support Ultra DMA ATA 66/100
System Bios ACPI, APM, DMI, SMBIOS, PnP, USB, PC99, PC2001, Y2K Compliant
Form Factor uATX - 9.6" x 9.6"
IEEE1394 VIA6307L 2 Ports (option)
Video 1 X PCI Express x16 slot.
Anyone have any ideas on the best budget board available from overclockers that has the same spec as the details listed?
Thanking you all in advance for your help.
Kind regards Phil (kwacker)
