Hi there, I'm not very much in the know but am looking for advice on replacing a faulty motherboard. The PC is an alienware one bout four years old no distiguishing name or model number on it. Anyhow one day it just wouldn't display anything, I tried all the little available suggestions I could find on it such as resetting the BIOS etc, but no joy.There is an LED display on the mobo which alternates between 23 and 45 as error codes and I've read somewhere that it's as good as dead.
My problem is I don't know what I should be looking for as a replacement. It is a Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H board, more details can be found here. I have learned that this mobo has been discontinued so can't purchase a similar one but am clueless as to what would be a suitable replacement, I'm kinda hoping as it's an old one maybe a replacement mobo won't be crazy expensive otherwise I might just leave it off and purchase a new PC. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My problem is I don't know what I should be looking for as a replacement. It is a Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H board, more details can be found here. I have learned that this mobo has been discontinued so can't purchase a similar one but am clueless as to what would be a suitable replacement, I'm kinda hoping as it's an old one maybe a replacement mobo won't be crazy expensive otherwise I might just leave it off and purchase a new PC. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.