Sn95G5V2 - mobo fried - options?!

peetee · 16 Nov 2006 at 19:55

My sn95G5V2 decided to have a fit last nite, which resulted in the motherboard frying, its definatly beyond repair.
I was wondering what motherboard size i should be looking for? BTX?
I was due to sell it and upgrade soon, so could anyone help me out with ideas for finding a replacement board, also, would a V3 board be able to be used inside the same case&with same PSU? thanks in advance.

peetee · 16 Nov 2006 at 20:06

actually, what exactly where the differences between sn95g5v2 & v3? cant seem to find it anywhere. Please help, im stuck without a pc, iv had to head to my parents for the weekend to try and sort it, im buggered without a decent pc to do my uni work on

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peetee · 18 Nov 2006 at 10:03

bleh, utter BS! looks like ill be buying a replacement case/mobo/PSU then and selling the system on. the case is scratched looks quite used. and the front panel has a dent in it.. im sure a modder would only go and spray over or cut all that out though, i guess thats worth a try, same for PSU. Thanks anyways, bloody shuttles! sods!

peetee · 28 Nov 2006 at 22:23

they could easily monopolise the SFF motherboard market if they did sell them, i agree. Theres not really enough competition to warrant many decents mATXs, or to drive prices down. Im sure if average joe consumer knew mATX existed he/she would want a mATX pc instead of an ATX one, and would be willing to pay a little extra for one. One day hopefully SFF and mATX will be somewhat more popular, therefore a lot more competitive.

peetee · 18 Dec 2006 at 22:11

bit late now, but yea iv bought the new stuff, i wont be going mATX in the future again either, unless it becomes more popular and competitive.

peetee · 29 Dec 2006 at 23:21

some crap ECS mobo i found on a competitors site, was finding it difficult sourcing a 939 AGP board with a nf3 chipset, duno why i bothered, chipset didnt end up mattering since windows died 2days after the rebuild. I couldnt be bothered formatting as i was due to sell the pc to a mate within a few weeks so figured id just wait till i did 1 big backup n format for him, and moved my stuff over to a c2d build. Iv delayed it a bit more now and running on a right dodgey windows install from ages ago. Waiting for vista to come out b4 i start building new rig