My desk pc was acting up: unexplainable freezes, drives disappearing with no explanation...
A plain IDE DVD burner (inherit from old pc) and the SATA HD...:|
Finally the mobo died two weeks ago: no drives recognized at all, no matter what (tested with old IDE PATA drive only, with old XP installation, you name it).
Finally I opened (again) the tower and sacked the mobo out for a replacement.
Checked for salvageable parts (I love to destroy pc boards for Amiga bits: heatsinks, battery holders, ATX connectors and the like).:nod:
When I sacked the south bridge heatsink... Shock! Horror!
ASUS, as cheap as they can be, simply put half of the thermal paste they must put on the heatsink, causing odd thermal dissipation and finally killing the board.oh:
NOTICE TO ALL: when buying a new pc board, take your time and do a complete thermal compound replacement on all heatsinks. This will save the pc mobo for a couple more years.
A plain IDE DVD burner (inherit from old pc) and the SATA HD...:|
Finally the mobo died two weeks ago: no drives recognized at all, no matter what (tested with old IDE PATA drive only, with old XP installation, you name it).
Finally I opened (again) the tower and sacked the mobo out for a replacement.
Checked for salvageable parts (I love to destroy pc boards for Amiga bits: heatsinks, battery holders, ATX connectors and the like).:nod:
When I sacked the south bridge heatsink... Shock! Horror!
ASUS, as cheap as they can be, simply put half of the thermal paste they must put on the heatsink, causing odd thermal dissipation and finally killing the board.oh:
NOTICE TO ALL: when buying a new pc board, take your time and do a complete thermal compound replacement on all heatsinks. This will save the pc mobo for a couple more years.