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Hello there. I recently fried a part of my motherboard due to improper handeling. My old Motherboard was a [link]http://www.digital-daily.com/motherboard/asus-p4p800-e/[/link]. Now I am trying to get the same thing or something similar to it. Any advice would be greatly apperciated.

Hardware Specs:
Pentium 4HT 3.4E 800mhz SB / 1MB L2 Cache
Nividia geforce 7800 series (AGP)
600w PSU
Case is a mid tower ATX / ATX micro, baby at
http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=184&l1=3&l2=12&l3=33

Would this be better or via?

need some input please I would buy a PCI-E motherboard that can take DDR2 memory and a dual core processor..

Although with the information you've given us, I am not sure what it is you're GOING to do with your PC.

But if I had to choose between those two boards I'd choose the 4P800-E because it has more PCI slots.Well, I found out that some of my processor pins are bent; seven of them to be exact. The pc technician told me there's a 50/50 chance of the CPU working because of the seven pins that are bent(the processor was stuck to the heatsink when he detached the heatsink).

The socket requirements are out of the question now but I need some help finding a motherboard that supports AGPx8 and PCI-E. Also, A Processor that is equivelent to what I listed above(P4 3.4E HT , 800 system bus, 1MB l Cache) or better.

Now, I meanly use the PC for gaming purposes. Any help is welcomed!Those pins might be able to be fixed i did this once for a customer.
Using a credit card CAREFULLY bend each pin in the direction they need.
Do only one pin at a time.
And do it in several small moves for each instead of bending them straight all at once.

Good Luck.
Be patient.

patio. 8-)Quote

The socket requirements are out of the question now but I need some help finding a motherboard that supports AGPx8 and PCI-E.

Asrock 755 Dual-VSTA(Click)

What would be a good processor to go with that board raptor? I don't want anything to expensive(the new intel cpu does SOUND nice, bit expensive for now), price range 500$ or a cpu that would give equivelent proformance like my original.

Also, I have two DDR512 pc2700 ram sticks and I Just want to make sure these are compatibile with the motherboard(I sound like a complete noob but I don't want to another problem occuring )

Thanks for the help!You can install either DDR1 or DDR2 DIMMS on that mainboard, so yes, your current memory is compatible.

You will need a 775 socket processor, dual core is pretty expensive but this seems like a decent processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor.

I am not 100% sure if it'll work on that mainboard, it's got the same socket but Intel is a bit weird with some chipsets not supporting certain processors.. Best way to find out is to E-mail either Intel or Asrock and inquire on that.Quote
Also, I have two DDR512 pc2700 ram sticks and I Just want to make sure these are compatibile with the motherboard(I sound like a complete noob but I don't want to another problem occuring )

Buying all the peripherals to go around the RAM seems like a strange way to go, and wanting both AGP and PCI-E makes your choice pretty minimal.


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