New Mobo Time
 

right guys,

got a call from the missus this morning (i was down in deepest snowy somerset working) saying that the keyboard wasn't working - it's backlit so when it's not there is an issue. i got her to unplug and replug it but no go. now i've just got home and it did the same to me, although after a few attempts it did come back on. now i know a couple of the usb ports are non operative and now it looks as if a third is on it's way.

now as i have an ext-hdd & an ext-dvd burner and printer and keyboard/mouse/headset all needing to be plugged in (although not all used at the same time) i'm of the mind to go and get a new mobo either tonight or tomorrow.

current board is an asus p5k-c, not the best board but untill the usb ports started playing up it has been a faithful servent - and it o/c's pretty easy. now i know i could change the cpu aswell as the mobo, but there is still life in the legs of my e6750, so it will be the mobo only - also i can't afford to do both right now.


so would like some clues as to the mobo of choice. nothing to pricey,

1. needs some sort of o/c potential, nothing mad. and thinking that it will have to be a p45 of some form.
2. minimum of 4 rear usb's, 6 is preferable.
3. price of £80-100 max, i know there is a lot in that range.



i'm open to most opinions as i'm not brand driven and look for the best bang and buck at the time.

so if it's asus then asus it will be or maybe biostar or dfi etc etc but call me https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/02/32.gif - and i don't mean literally, but where did j&w come from as i've not heard of them before or are they an off shoot from someone?

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go a little over the ton and get a p5q pro?

standard p5q is a ton http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=1155

if its just usb ports failing and nothing else is wrong why not just lob a couple of usb 2 cards in>?

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tbh zing, it's not just the usb's. every other day it's not booting properly - not posting etc (even default settings haven't helped) and some other little bits.

so i think that the time may have come to make a change.

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this perhaps:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=1344

or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=1155

got myself a 6750 together with Gigabyte board and it does clock nicely :D

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which g/b board are you running doc?

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Hmm, could be power supply rather than motherboard. Can you swap out the PSU with a known good one first?

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haven't got one spare jon, when it does it - it's as if the o/c has failed, but if i reset it it starts no problem. it's just more of an annoyance than anything else.

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perhaps cut back on the overclock and test it for a bit then?

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currently everything is set to default as it didn't boot this afternoon.

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Might be an idea to take it down to a local pc shop. It could be the psu or the mb. I would get it checked out to be safe. I would not want to get new mb and then it still dont work properly ;)

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i've got the p35-dq6 but thats not sold anymore and only gripe with it is that its pci express 1 instead of 2 but then i bought the board in 2007

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=5&subcat= Nice mobo's that a lot of people are happy with will allow you to oc to what you want with little hassle. Shopping around you can probably shave a few quid off that price as well. Might be an idea to check out your psu as well what haver you got now ?.

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i was look at something like that lastnight, although would have gone to scan as it's only a 20min drive. also looked at the j&w p45d2-ultra and the biostar t-power - both clockable boards.

at the mo i have an ocz evostream 720, and thus far not had a problem with it. following on from what jon suggested, i took it out and tried it in my bro-in-law's rig this afternoon (which was less hassle than getting a new one to test, and his is broken) and no probs that i could see with either the pc or psu.

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Hi, are the dodgy usb ports in the back wired directly to the mobo or on front? does the mouse stop working as well? also when it wont boot up does it do the mobo splash screen then nothing as that could point to your processor either naff or getting abit too hot if so try renewing heat paste?

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they are part of the i/o port set-up on the rear of the board

it does as it's plugged into the k/b to..........

a) save using a port
b) stop any snagging on the cable


it starts normally for a couple of seconds, but fails to show post screen or windows splash. not sure how heat would affect it on boot up, but the last time i checked both cores running idle sat at around 26°c/27°c but will recheck in a bit.