Originally posted by
Jim Sachs:
Well, a slip of the wrist while installing a faster processor, and the motherboard of my main computer is destroyed. Now for a fun week of buying a new motherboard (and processor, since the one I got was only good for that older motherboard), and re-purchasing/re-installing all my main software. And this was the week I was supposed to get the two new fish done.
Jim,
There is absolutely no reason you cannot go to Fry's and buy another identical Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard and be up and running in 10 minutes.
Next time insist on a Zalman CPU fan. Quiet (2,500 RPM instead of the ludicrous 6,000+ RPM of other CPU fans) and easy to install (no force/pressure required, just screw two brackets in place and then gently screw the fan into the bracket).
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...x=145&code=005