Need Recommendation for new/used 939 Motherboard

[nickb23]

Hi All,

I have just received my new 4200+ X2 939 chip, and I though as I was going to take the motherboard (Asus A8N-E) I would change the noisy northbridge fan with a nice Zalmann heatsink. This is where it went all wrong..... It seemed the fan was properly stuck, so I was careful as I could be. It came off eventually, but had taken off the black rubber sheet that surrounds the chip. The chip itself seemed fine. Anyway I laid the sheet around the chip, and put thermal paste on the heatsink etc and fitted it anyway.

Anyway it seemed to start ok, and I was able to load windows. I firstly noticed that no USB2 device would not work correctly, and that it was rubbish with the internet (via the network port into a router) I did the whole removing the USB 2 devices from the computer management and when rebooted, it seem to work for a bit, and then stop working. I also put a new ethernet card in, which works a dream now.

Anyway it looks like I damaged the nforce4 ultra chip, so I think I am going to start trawling ebay for a new Socket 939 Motherboard. This is where I need any help anyone can offer. It needs the following:

PCI-E
nforce4 ultra
4 memory slots
athlon X2 ready
No fan on motherboard - I dont want to screw up another board...
Lots of USB2 Ports
Hopefully Firewire

if anyone can recommend a 939 motherboard, it would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks


Nick

[mjn]

I use a A8N-Sli Deluxe, but i had to remove the fan on the chipset myself (the original fan went noisy after about 3 months!)

[nickb23]

I have now found an Asus a8n-SLI Premium on ebay that I am bidding on. It is fanless, which is a real bonus. I wont be using the SLI function, as it is mainly for normal non game use, and HTPC.

I can still use SLI mobo in a non SLI setup can't I?

thanks all

Nick

[mjn]

Originally Posted by nickb23

I can still use SLI mobo in a non SLI setup can't I?

Yes.