upgrade motherboard for Intel

[FrankA]

Hi,

I have problems with an Intel® Desktop Board D915GAV. Some PCI slots not working, slow system and have eliminated all software and other hardware issues.

Board has
ATX form
LGA775 socket
DDR - 400 and 333 MHz; dual channel support

I would like to replace the board but as it is discontinued, am uncertain which could be a direct replacement? Suggestions welcomed.

[curtis0432]

Hello I would suggest getting this motherboard.

Newegg.com - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

[RicheemxX]

Hey Curtis neither of those board will work unless he plans on upgrading his ram and considering he's running an older 915 based board and likely an older cpu there would be no reason for him to get a $130 board

This is the only socket 775 board with ddr support currently listed on newegg

Newegg.com - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

I'd go with the open box

Newegg.com - Open Box: ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard

or if you want to upgrade your ram to DDR2 you could go with just about any socket 775 board that supports your cpu. What cpu do you have by the way?

[curtis0432]

ya sorry i just saw that... so i found one.

[ShyguyXPC]

rich beat me to it, I was doing some searches on other sites for boards while typing this...


keep in mind those boards will require RAM upgrades as well, the OP is running DDR, not DDR2.

also What CPU is the OP running, the 915 Chipsets are Quite old. and with DDR memory instead of DDR2 I'm willing to bet its an old Pentium 4 Single Core CPU... for the price of the first board you posted, they might as well upgrade their entire system if they are to spend $135 on a new replacement board.

step up to a cheap $40 range board, low end Dual core, 2GB DDR2, and see if they can use all their current Drives, and peripherals with that set up.


their best bet would be to run a G31 board, but then again that is a DDR2 board as well...

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Motherboards,Intel Motherboards,LGA 775,Intel G31/G33/G35



this site has quite a few 915 boards to look through:

PacificGeek.com - Motherboards

cheap prices as well, they use the same supplier as Geeks.com I think as well (Geeks for some reason is down right now, was up last night, but I just tried Pinging them and can't, so their site must be down again).

in general Geeks.com is usually a bit cheaper on some items than Pacificgeek is.

but its worth a look at those boards, see if any of them fit what is needed, or even if you can find an exact match

[ShyguyXPC]

Geeks is working again...

Socket 775 Motherboard, Motherboard Socket 775 at Geeks.com

first board, 915 board, just over $20

[FrankA]

Thanks for that so far. It is P4 3Ghz, upgrading memory is no problem and I guess it would make sense to fit a more current board with Gigabit LAN, even though I have a PCI ethernet card. How easy is it to get the processor out? Could not see how to get the fan off so far, but now doubt plenty on-line to help with those minor issues.

[Aaron_8015]

If you are using the stock cooler.


You twist the four black thingys (lol, very technical me ) 90 degrees counterclockwise (I think). they should be able to pop up about half a centimeter and then you can lift it straight off.

To take the 'cpu' out there will be a little lever to lift up then open metal cover and 'cpu' will just lift out.

[FrankA]

Cool Aaron. Can you recommend an on-line supplier in UK? Living in france but need English BIOS. Was previously in Holland and had a good supplier there but they can't be bothered to post to France.

[Aaron_8015]

Afraid I don't know any that would stock old hardware. I would look on ebay or local.

Edit: just realised you would upgrade RAM...

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