Availability of AGP-based motherboards

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Jim Helfer

I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP
slots and used DDR ram.

I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I
am looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the
ram , and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).

I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've
had better luck finding a source than I had.

Thanks for any ideas
Jim
 
eBay and Newegg.com have some.
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"Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP slots
> and used DDR ram.
>
> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I am
> looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the ram ,
> and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).
>
> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've had
> better luck finding a source than I had.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
> Jim
 
"Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
news:e$T0KEb6HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP slots
> and used DDR ram.
>
> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I am
> looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the ram ,
> and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).
>
> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've had
> better luck finding a source than I had.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
> Jim

I also need an agp socket 939 motherboard. Same situation as you in that i
had a good board Asus A8v deluxe and it died. everything works except that
mobo.
 
newegg do not have any. not 939 anyhow.


"Cari (MS-MVP)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote in message
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> eBay and Newegg.com have some.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
> news:e$T0KEb6HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP slots
>> and used DDR ram.
>>
>> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I
>> am looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the
>> ram , and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).
>>
>> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've had
>> better luck finding a source than I had.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas
>> Jim
>
 
try www.cyberguys.com



"AMD" <d@d.com> wrote in message
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| newegg do not have any. not 939 anyhow.
|
|
| "Cari (MS-MVP)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote in
message
| news:OO%23Q0rb6HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| > eBay and Newegg.com have some.
| > --
| > Cari (MS-MVP)
| > Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
| > http://www.coribright.com/windows
| >
| > "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
| > news:e$T0KEb6HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| >>
| >> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety
that have AGP slots
| >> and used DDR ram.
| >>
| >> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of
this type, so I
| >> am looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap
out the board, the
| >> ram , and the video. (at a substantially increased
cost).
| >>
| >> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue,
and if they've had
| >> better luck finding a source than I had.
| >>
| >> Thanks for any ideas
| >> Jim
| >
|
|
 
Actually compuvest.com or microcenter.com Have alot of the older MBs
Or go to ABIT or INTEL & chk out the retired sections,ABIT has most of them
or refurbished.

"Jim Helfer" wrote:

>
> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP
> slots and used DDR ram.
>
> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I
> am looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the
> ram , and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).
>
> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've
> had better luck finding a source than I had.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
> Jim
>
 
Andrew E. wrote:
> Actually compuvest.com or microcenter.com Have alot of the older MBs
> Or go to ABIT or INTEL & chk out the retired sections,ABIT has most of them
> or refurbished.
>
> "Jim Helfer" wrote:
>
>> I have a few blown/flaky motherboards of the variety that have AGP
>> slots and used DDR ram.
>>
>> I'm finding it very difficult to find motherboards of this type, so I
>> am looking at the unhappy prospect of having to swap out the board, the
>> ram , and the video. (at a substantially increased cost).
>>
>> I'm worried if anyone else has run into this issue, and if they've
>> had better luck finding a source than I had.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas
>> Jim
>>


I searched for a while, but ended up replacing the motherboard and
ram, with a new board that has a built in video. That went for $125 from
mwave, which isn't really that much more than replacing the old
board, and it extends the life of the machine, because of the newer tech
used. I do waste a very nice video card, but it won't be used by a
designer anyway, so it's probably not needed.
 
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