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Socket A motherboard $9 AR at newegg

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mscdex0

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And here I thought this was a new deal. Except just another dead one resurrected :p
 

Replay

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Has anyone figured out how to adjust the Vcore on this mobo?

Vcore boost: plenty of guides online. Not sure what your board offers in the bios.
Paint a couple of chip bridges with conductive paint (usually the L11 bridges).
"pin mod" insert U-shaped wires in the cpu socket. An easy mod to undo or alter.
Solder small wires to the solder side of the cpu socket.
Some boards have bios features which can be unlocked with bios editing tools.
Almost forgot the cool Mobile mod: paint bridge changing cpu to a mobile cpu. Allows multiplier change on newer "superlocked" socket "A" chips, on the fly, through software (with most chipsets, except Nforce).
 

MisterE

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I received the 2 rebates today on a single $50 cheque. I sold the motherboard for $30 a month or so ago, so a net gain of $21 (minus a stamp and envelope) is not too bad.

EDIT: NOTE that this is a long dead deal.
 

uwannawhat

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Consider yourself extremely lucky! :)

I've never received either rebates & have been back & forth with them so many times I finally gave up. :(
 

multifacitedonyx

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I just got my $50 check yesterday as well. I did email them twice, but both times they simply told me they were processing the rebate submission. Built a system (2200+ @ 2.2GHz 80gig HD, CD-RW) for around $130 wiht this board, and it runs pretty nicely.

Alas, the deal is long gone. It is now $30 I think.