Old Abit IS7 crashed and burned!!

[JAWS1]

I am not sure what happened, a power surge, or to much time without a fan on the chipset, but it is fried. The fans kept burning out and the pins kept popping out. Then it froze and when I popped open the case the heat sink was lying there, no telling for how long this time. I took it to someone more knowledgeable than I and because the hard drives were frozen never to open again, he thought it was a surge, who knows. The processor, ram and everything else seem to be okay. So my question is, is there anywhere I can buy an IS7 board I'm sure will be alright? I have been told that they are far and few between. If that is true, could I transfer my stuff to another board such as an IS7 G, E, or M or whatever? Or is there another solution that would work? Thank you!

 

[mpilchfamily]

It doesn't have to be an IS7 board. Any socket 478 motherboard should be compatible with your CPU and RAM. But make sure your PSU is OK because if there was a surge then the PSU may have been either the cause of it or damaged from it as well and causing the damage to the motherboard.

 

[o1die]

I would check ebay and computer geeks. Any board with the same chipset might let you avoid a fresh windows install; depending on your windows version.