P4 3.0E w/mobo $189.00

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MadOni0n

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when i saw the title i was very eager, but if they don't even supply the mobo's name i'm pretty sure it's something cheap or else they'd give the name... Well, if anyone finds out please post it.
 
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gotsmack

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Nice deal but I'm holding out for when they have the 3.2s again, maybe I'll get lucky with a 3.4
 
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tstrike

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nice find...but i'll hold out for this one..waiting for a 3.4 deal or soemthign
 
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Buk

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I bought it (and the Corsair 2X512 PC3200 deal) and the order says its an ECS 848P-A Intel 848P Socket 478 Mainboard. Should be a nice upgrade from my P4-2.4B/Albatron PX845PE-Pro..............
 
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Originally posted by: Buk
I bought it (and the Corsair 2X512 PC3200 deal) and the order says its an ECS 848P-A Intel 848P Socket 478 Mainboard. Should be a nice upgrade from my P4-2.4B/Albatron PX845PE-Pro..............
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Always had this question. When you (i mean anyone) do an upgrade of just Mobo+Proc do you reinstall the OS or just install the new drivers and stuff for the new devices it finds ? OR is it just better to throw away the old system and build a whole new one ?

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MadOni0n

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" In my experience, purple PCB = ECS for Fry's combos " can anyone give me the link for this board?
 
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IndieSnob

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Originally posted by: MadOni0n
" In my experience, purple PCB = ECS for Fry's combos " can anyone give me the link for this board?
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ECS 848P-A

I've used varying degrees of their combos (2.4B, 3.0E, etc) three times with this board, and while it's not loaded with lots of options, it's stable for what it is.
 
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smurfmods

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I have this board in my wifes 'puter and it works fine with the 3.2 p4. Not much in the way of overclocking but yes it's a very stable board. Never locks up during her resource intensive scrabble/freecell games! The killer for me was no core voltage adjustments. So I passed it on and purchased an asus board instead.

nice deal.
 
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Originally posted by: chiragp
Always had this question. When you (i mean anyone) do an upgrade of just Mobo+Proc do you reinstall the OS or just install the new drivers and stuff for the new devices it finds ? OR is it just better to throw away the old system and build a whole new one ?

Thanks...
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Usually I hang onto my OS for so long I don't feel like doing a fresh install. Using WinXP, when you switch your board it is very likely your system won't boot in XP properly. Just boot off your XP disc, go set up a XP installation, it will detect your old installation. Do a repair on that installation and voila.
 
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requiemDMB

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You can also go into the Device Manager before you swap boards and remove all of the items ( a few items cannot be uninstalled). Just shutdown the machine once you've removed everything and then go ahead and swap boards and reboot. I haven't had a problem with this method yet.

 
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salaku

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Does it remove the unwanted drivers?? If yes, then that is good. Otherwise your OS will be a blotware. I will prefer to do a fresh clean install that way I don't have to worry about any stability issues. Just my thought.
Originally posted by: Averox
Originally posted by: chiragp
Always had this question. When you (i mean anyone) do an upgrade of just Mobo+Proc do you reinstall the OS or just install the new drivers and stuff for the new devices it finds ? OR is it just better to throw away the old system and build a whole new one ?

Thanks...
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Usually I hang onto my OS for so long I don't feel like doing a fresh install. Using WinXP, when you switch your board it is very likely your system won't boot in XP properly. Just boot off your XP disc, go set up a XP installation, it will detect your old installation. Do a repair on that installation and voila.
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phantom309

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When you boot Windows on a new MB usually it's the IDE device drivers that bluescreen it. Before you do the MB swap go to Device Manager and change your IDE/ATAPI controller device drives to "Standard Dual Channel IDE Controller". This will allow Windows to boot on the new MB and detect the new chipset. IME it works about 80% of the time.
 
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lobadobadingdong

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that motherboard doesn't support dual channel memory, for a 3.0E I'd likely not get that deal it cripples that processor in a bad way.
 
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FiLeZz

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Originally posted by: Averox
Originally posted by: chiragp
Always had this question. When you (i mean anyone) do an upgrade of just Mobo+Proc do you reinstall the OS or just install the new drivers and stuff for the new devices it finds ? OR is it just better to throw away the old system and build a whole new one ?

Thanks...
Click to expand...

Usually I hang onto my OS for so long I don't feel like doing a fresh install. Using WinXP, when you switch your board it is very likely your system won't boot in XP properly. Just boot off your XP disc, go set up a XP installation, it will detect your old installation. Do a repair on that installation and voila.
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You can also make a registry hack in XP before you change boards alowing you to boot the new HDD in any system.

 
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