Allan4

Hi all Seems my MB on my Gaming PC has died again this is the second one I’ve had fitted in just over 12 months. First was replaced under warranty as it died after three months sadly the replacements warranty is out, just :( Done all the normal checks swapping out the memory chips, BIOS battery thingy disconnected all drives etc but pretty sure its had it. Basically start-up will not past POST all lights up, fans one or two revs before shutting off. Not sure why its died again perhaps its the power draw it does get pretty hot in the heat of battle (Arma) :D. (nothing over clocked though). CPU cores seem stable at 24c on idle last time I checked. Sadly I did not build it myself in the first place so not overly sure what was done or not done on the build. I’m inclined and feel confident enough to fit another MB myself for the hell of it, I have fitted just about every other component at one time or other, except I'm not sure what MB to fit. Happy to spend around £60-£120. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. CPU: (Socket AM2+) AMD PhenomT X4 9600 Quad-Core MOTHERBOARD: MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790X CrossFire Chipset DDR2/1066 4x(16X PCIE) SATA RAID MB w/GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394. MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies (Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA 24P GRAPHICS: 1 x ATI Radeon HD 3870 PCI-E x16 512MB Video Card (never seemed to need a second). Ty in anticipation.

Hello to one and all, nice to meet you. I guess i'm a PC hobbyist come Gamer. I have enough PC software and hardware knowledge to get myself into trouble but enough time to dig myself out again :rolleyes: Married 40 plus years to Jane, retired and enjoying myself, not sure if Jane is:p :D