Any suggestions to help find this MoBo?

[Hoibie]

Need some help from you experts.

I have two Acer Veriton M265 PCs purchased back in 2010. I need to locate two mobos for these PCs. Checked with the official source, the Acer Parts Store - they're out of stock on these. Looked on eBay, many offerings are "sketchy". So I thought I might get some guidance here from folks that do this more frequently than I.

When you are between a rock and a hard place trying to locate parts like mobos for the above, what sources do you go to for parts? What companies out here offer the best chance at locating what you need? I did find Capital Data in Lansing MI who were most helpful and who tried to help (and they are still looking)....

Thanks for any guidance.

Hoibie

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I wouldn't have the slightest idea what an Acer Veriton M265 is exactly. I know Acer is an OEM PC maker; they make laptops and desktops and -- probably still - components Certainly, they make or "brand" monitors.

You could poke around at this corporate IT-asset handler's site from the link I'm posting here of a motherboard for an "Acer Veriton 1000 series." It's an LGA-775 system, Core-2-Duo, Intel Q965 Express chipset.

http://www.ascendtech.us/acer-veriton-1000-mbv4107001-motherboard_i_mbacembv4107001.aspx

I must have steered people to Ascendtech twice today . . .

 

[DrMrLordX]

OP, which M265 is it? There is more than one M265-series desktop(ED2220C, ED5300C).

 

[WilliamM2]

I've never bought an OEM board for replacement before. I just find a board that will fit, and uses the same chipset. Never had any issues repairing OEM computers that way.

If both boards failed in less than 5 years, why would you even even consider buying OEM?

 

[scannall]

It looks like a mATX board. I'd think that any mATX board would fit in there, getting something faster and cheaper than a Core2 Duo.

 

[piasabird]

Buying a 5+ year old motherboard is just asking for trouble. Knowing how OEM's work most computer motherboards are yesterday's tech before they go into a computer and you don't know how long the computer sat around before they sold it. How did you determine it was a motherboard issue? The power supply is 5 years old also. Everything wears out eventually and you are at or near end of life for everything in your computer. It is just a matter of time before the hard drive and power supply and DVD all give up.

May be time to just buy a new computer.

If you have a case and you think the case is fine there is something else to consider. If the motherboard is bad and you have to replace it you could approach it as an upgrade of an existing computer and then just order a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and you will not violate the licensing problem because that motherboard no longer is in stock. That system has a max RAM capacity of 4 Gigs and is only 800 Mhz. A New Motherboard, CPU, RAM. Would be 2-3 times as fast.

This summer the Skylake chipset is coming out for new motherboards. The socket and the RAM will be incompatible with what is on the market now and you might be able to find a good sale on existing gear.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Buying OEM replacement parts isn't all bad, though most OEMs have limited ability/willingness to supply parts for old machines. HP/Gateway has a sophisticated, if balky, partfinder for their OEM machines (it's also an amusing way to source OEM-only CPUs). Not sure if Acer is so replacement-friendly.