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Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?

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Reply 85 of 223, by brostenen

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I have my cd keys for XP, and for Windows update, just edit the registry to think that it is XP embedded.

Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....

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Reply 87 of 223, by bjt

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I have some affection for Socket A too cause it was such a price/performance winner around 2000. The boards are badly affected by badcaps now though so I would go for the first board you see that has quality Japanese caps (or has been recapped).

e.g Nichicon, Rubycon, Panasonic, Chemicon. You can sometimes tell if the seller has decent pictures.

Reply 89 of 223, by luckybob

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usually, the board is unstable in situations where it should be. May not work at all. etc.

As long as you have a good soldering iron, and a bit of patience, it is a rather easy process to recap a board.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Reply 91 of 223, by luckybob

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I go here: http://www.mouser.com/Nichicon/Passive-Compon … -5g7r?P=1z0zlbm

Basically you make a list of what is already installed. buy the same ones then replace them exactly. A caliper would be helpful to make measurements.

For the most popular boards, sometimes you can buy a pre-made set from ebay. always try to buy Nichicon brand caps, there are other good brands, but imho everything is inferior to Nichicons.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Reply 93 of 223, by gdjacobs

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Most Socket A motherboards draw CPU power directly from the 5V rail of the PSU. For the A3200 Barton, this can be a very high current requirement -- certainly beyond the capability of a modern power supply. Slow CPUs are less demanding but still require a very strong 5V rail.

All hail the Great Capacitor Brand Finder

Reply 94 of 223, by brostenen

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Jupiter-18 wrote:

What do you mean?

If you asked for the registry hack. Then:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2310301/window … es-rolling.html

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Reply 96 of 223, by melbar

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gdjacobs wrote:

Most Socket A motherboards draw CPU power directly from the 5V rail of the PSU. For the A3200 Barton, this can be a very high current requirement -- certainly beyond the capability of a modern power supply. Slow CPUs are less demanding but still require a very strong 5V rail.

Hhm, that means a Athlon 2000+, 2200+ or 2600+/2700+ require also high 5V rail... ?!

Well, the high end 3200+ (76W TDP) has 26% higher TDP compared to a 2000+ (T-Bred, 60W-TDP) and 55% higher TDP compared to a 1600+/1700+ (T-Bred, 49W-TDP).

I have one AhlonXP (Thoroughbred B), which i'll clock from 1600+ to 2700+. I Think, a modern PSU with only 15A on 5V rail would be too bad. The question for me would be: How fast and consuming power, must be a CPU that for example a modern PSU with 15A is at it's limit for all components...

#1 K6-2/500, #2 Athlon1200, #3 Celeron1000A, #4 A64-3700, #5 P4HT-3200, #6 P4-2800, #7 Am486DX2-66

Reply 97 of 223, by brostenen

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Jupiter-18 wrote:

That is pretty cool! Could it potentially cause bugs, since those are Windows 2000 updates and not XP updates?

I dont know if it is. Works on the XP that I have on an old IBM laptop.

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Reply 98 of 223, by Jupiter-18

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gdjacobs wrote:

Most Socket A motherboards draw CPU power directly from the 5V rail of the PSU. For the A3200 Barton, this can be a very high current requirement -- certainly beyond the capability of a modern power supply. Slow CPUs are less demanding but still require a very strong 5V rail.

What kind of power supply would I need to fix that issue?