socket 939 mobo crapped out

[blipblop]

so my mobo has decided to take a crap out when i got home. It was a Chaintech vnf4-ultra.

My system specs

1gig pc3200 ddr
A64 3000+(Venice)
330W antec PSU
ATI x700 (I do not game)
300gig HD

What should I do? Should I try to find a replacement board or upgrade to something? This absolutely sucks and I'm thinking about just buying a cheap Dell or something. any ideas that won't cost me an arm and a leg? I know if i want to upgrade I have to change my ram and my cpu and my mobo

-sigh-

 

[MarcVenice]

you could get a 40$ mobo, thats prolly cheapest. PCI-e card or agp ?

 

[blipblop]

it's PCI-E

 

[MarcVenice]

The 1gb ddr 3200 might sell for 30-40$, the chip for 20$ maybe, you could keep the rest, get a cheap am2 mobo, throw a x2 3800+ in it, and it'll cost you 100$ or so. Then 70$ or so for 2gb ddr2 667.

 

[JackMDS]

If you were happy with your system, does not need more, and did not have plan to upgrade. Get an inexpensive 939mTX mob and keep going.

Otherwise MarcVenice gave you a good advice.

 

[dwcal]

yeah, $40 replacement mobo is your best fix. BTW I'm about to upgrade my 939 to X2, so gonna have an extra 3200+ that I need to get rid of.

 

[blipblop]

any suggestion on the board and where to look? The only place I checked was Newegg and they have the biostar board which has OK reviews.

I just want something solid and stable and reliable.

 

[Operandi]

Biostar boards are usually pretty light on features but they make great boards in terms of design and quality of components.