Old motherboards still doing you proud :)

[nemesismk2]

I have a Asrock k7s8x (Sis746FX) and Athlon XP 2500 processor. It gets used as an extra computer to access the internet and not used for games or anything too demanding. For anything demanding I have a Asrock k7s8xe+ (Sis748) with a athlon xp 3200 but is mostly used for internet access.

 

[ssl6]

Hi, I'm new here, mostly registered to use the search function since I'm looking for something i know is here, but I saw this post and thought I'd list my old board

My oldest board still running is....well, i have a few, I'll list oldest to newest, and i do use them....
Asus TX97 / k6-2 @450
Asus P2L97 / pentium 266
Asus P2B-n / net top box with celeron 300 (looking for a riser card for a P3 750)
Asus CUV4x / celeron 1000 or pentium 3 866
Asus TUSL2 / tualatin celeron 1300
Abit VP6 / recently aquired with dual 1ghz P3's, running 2008 server, I got bored
Abit nf7-s / Athlon XP 2600 thouroughbred
Asus A7N8X-e / Athlon XP 2500 Barton

anything else i have is socket 939 or newer dual cores, but this thread is about old stuff, i think i covered it

 

[Infro]

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (Athlon XP 3000 Barton) (My Current Gaming System!),
IBM 6120 (Dunno what mobo, 200mhz Pentium CPU),
I've seen some 386/286 running dos 5.0 not more than a year ago,
I know a few people still using 500mhz cpus (They ask me when their system is going to die so they can finally buy a new one).

 

[PrinceofWands]

Posting from my soon to be replaced main system: a soltek qbic eq3801, with B9A-FGR NVIDIA nForce3-250Gb motherboard. It's been a great system, with the only upgrades being a Newcastle 2800 proc and a 6600gt vid. My daughter and I still game on it, though granted we like mostly older games.

 

[WT]

If anyone tops my surviving PC Chips M726 board (baby AT, 440BX) I will be surprised.

http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Pc-Ware-PCCHIPS-M726-MRT

Not by the fact that its a 4400BX, but by the fact that its a working PC Chips board !!

 

[dmark]

My Abit BH6 died after 10 years after I tried for "one more upgrade" and put in a PNY nVidia 5500 video card (AGP 2x compliant) that I believe drew too much current on top of the 1.3g Tulatin. Still ran great until then with Maxtor Ultra 133 ATA adapter.
Jan 1999-May 2009 RIP

 

[nerp]

EpoX 9NPA3ULTRA powering an Opteron 180 based WHS box.

 

[deimos3428]

I have a Compaq Portable that I sometimes use as a space heater and soothing white noise generator. (It still works and can do anything it ever did, but I see no reason to use it for those purposes anymore.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable

 

[Rubycon]

Iwill and FIC are two mfrs I have not heard mention of in a while. I had an Iwill MPX-2 dual 462 board that was most excellent. Too bad Iwill is gone.

 

[Maxspeed996]

ASUS P4P-800E DELUXE......I'm using it right now....but now that I'm typing this, it just starting a friggin squeal....and there it stopped. if I get a bad cap now, I'm gonna freak out.

 

[ExcaliburMM]

i got some shady emachine board in the original case with only the CPU and HDD as original parts, with a 2600+ Athlon. other than that i have a 2-3 years and bust record with mobos so far. my original board i had with a 755mhz duron fused to the chip, then i got an Abit IS7 with a northwood P4 W/HT and i had to RMA it like 4 times cause the chipset fan kept dying. finally sold it off to a buddy in 06 and after lasting ages with the replacement aftermarket fan i put on, that fan died and the chipset overheated, killing the board. then there was my S939 NF4 Ultra board from EVGA which the caps went bad on. sent it in for an RMA and loaned it off to the guy whose IS7 board died, but it died again and i didnt feel like dealing with it again. then the 680i i got to replace my athlon64 rig was plagued with southbridge related issues (bad SATA port, PCI slot, sound, all dead now). currently i have 2 working boxes based on gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P boards, lets see how long these last eh!

Would just like to note I've never liked NV chipsets.

I have a number of old rigs still running, the oldest utilizes a DFI K6BV3+/66. Also an ASUS A7N8X and A7N8X Deluxe R2, MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum and a DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR.

Long live DFI. I hope to retire my LP DK P35 T2RS into a secondary machine where it will have a much easier, longer life. My OCs are probably making the NB angry with me.

I have a Compaq Portable that I sometimes use as a space heater and soothing white noise generator. (It still works and can do anything it ever did, but I see no reason to use it for those purposes anymore.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable

XD I could use a space heater, my basement is kind of chilly.

 

[sandorski]

I was going to post about my Asrock Dual SATAII 939 mobo, but it started getting flakey(Reboots/Lockups) lately, then my Onboard Audio just went and died a few days ago. 24/7 100% CPU utilization for 5ish years takes its' toll I suppose.

edit: hmm, turns out my Onboard Audio is fine. My main HD is developing Bad Sectors, after a Scan/Repair the sound works again. :\

 

[Engineer]

Does the Asrock Dual-775VSTA count?

 

[her209]

Iwill and FIC are two mfrs I have not heard mention of in a while. I had an Iwill MPX-2 dual 462 board that was most excellent. Too bad Iwill is gone.

Our second family computer had an Iwill motherboard.

 

[Rubycon]

Our second family computer had an Iwill motherboard.

I thought the PCB quality was very good on those.

 

[brandonwh64]

Still got a Intel D865PERL with a Intel P4 2.4 ghz SL6RZ overclocked to 3ghz and soon to have 2GB (4x512mb) DDR400 installed

 

[StrangerGuy]

Abit NF7 v1.0: 100% stable and problem-free when I was using it and probably still after I sold it 4 years ago. Abit was far and away my favorite mobo brand up to the P4 days; cheap, reliable, very overclockable...After that they started to suck and finally died off.

Asus P4P800-X: Friend gave it to me yesterday cos it cannot boot, but I fixed with a new CMOS battery. Now stress testing with a P4 2.4C I bought for cheap. No problems yet, can't wait for the overclocking

Asrock DualSATA2: Brilliant chipset and good overclocker but flaky. USB 2.0 failed after 4years of service. Once this finally dies I don't think I can ever find a S939 replacement here for cheap. Oh, this board was hit-and-miss for a lot of people out there.

 

[Spydermag68]

I don't know what the motherboard is but I still have an AMD 486-100 running Win 98.

 

[MadAd]

Another vote for the Asus P4C Deluxe...Runs a 2.6 P4 chip at 30% - 40% load 24/7 still.

 

[spdfreak]

Soltek K8TPro-939 with a 3800x2 and an old intel RDRAM board with a P4 2.0 in the shop... The 3800x2 system is still good for just about anything except for the GF6800 AGP card which holds it back on video stuff.

 

[CraigRT]

Soltek K8TPro-939 with a 3800x2 and an old intel RDRAM board with a P4 2.0 in the shop... The 3800x2 system is still good for just about anything except for the GF6800 AGP card which holds it back on video stuff.

Soltek boards are awesome. Cheap, no frills, problem free. (In my experience)

 

[Cookie Monster]

My Asus p4p800 deluxe is still going. Caps are now beginning to bulge, MAM(PAT) doesn't work but its still working.

 

[waffleironhead]

I still have a ax6bc pro gold running a p3 450 that I gave to my Inlaws.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=993

still going strong.

whatever happened to aopen?

 

[MrBorsa]

Old mb is better in its industry & materials than the current generation !!!

 

[GoodRevrnd]

oldest thing I have running anywhere is an Abit IS7. But I am aware of an ECS K7S5A that's still chugging along I passed on to someone.