P4 Willamette 1.8ghz - Replacement Mobo

[PseudoKnight]

I'm not too familiar with the early P4 chipsets and compatibility. Would any motherboard supporting a P4 and 400 FSB work? It's currently in a I845 MCH - ICH2 motherboard but a bios flash went awry and I'm trying to get a cheap but reliable replacement motherboard. I wish I could flash it using the boot lock, but instead it just seems to hang with the cmos checksum error and hardware monitor error. I can't access the bios because it won't work with any keyboards or it's just hanging. (of course, if you have advice how to fix the bios, that would also be welcome)

Anyway, <$60 would be ideal. Not going to overclock so it has to be reliable at stock.

 

[PseudoKnight]

At least tell me what chipset is compatible.

 

[o1die]

If you just want a cheap replacement board, newegg.com sells refurbs as low as $22 shipped. Some will even support newer "c" or "e" series 800 fsb p4's. I suggest the gigabyte 845gv board for $31 plus $1 shipping. It should work without a fresh install of windows. Windows will reload and reboot a few times to load the new board drivers, but you shouldn't have to format. Be sure to load all the motherboard drivers which are usually included, or you can download them off gigabyte's website.

 

[LTC8K6]

Newegg still has several new I845 chipset boards for sale under $60.

If you are running XP and the new board won't boot, just do a repair and that should redetect the hardware.

 

[hundesau]

hi, dont go with the i845, its okay but when u can have a better chipset which is faster too u shouldnt stick with the old one anylonger. this might be of intereest for u: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAP...sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

maybe this link works better:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAP...em&amp;item=6735306051

 

[RalfHutter]

Don't forget, there are Socket 423 and Socket 478 Willamettes, so make sure you know what you've got before you pick a board.

 

[RickH]

Be sure to check the socket--pin# and the memory type. It could even be a PC133 board. R