Friends I was working on a Pavilion Slimline s3300f a few days ago and it suddenly died. The mobo is defunct: will not POST. Tried the usual debug things but it does appear the mobo will not read BIOS anymore. This has an AM2 Socket board from Asustek using the Nforce chipset, board model M2NC61-AR so-called Acacia [hp]. In doing way too much poking around in forums, it is not unusual to find failing Pavilion Slimlines, and many of them due to mobo failures in this same family using the same Nforce chipset. What's more disturbing however and prompts this inquiry is that folks don't seem to find any GOOD solid mini-ITX board to replace the failed one. There were a number of revisions in this board family using the same chipset, AM2 socket etc, but lots of grief accompanying the line.
I would like to reuse the processor if possible [athlon 64 x2 dual core] but its not essential that I do so - it would be way better if I could get a dependable board to go in there, regardless of the processor.
Any suggestions?
The form factor of the existing board is 170mm x 190mm
I would like to reuse the processor if possible [athlon 64 x2 dual core] but its not essential that I do so - it would be way better if I could get a dependable board to go in there, regardless of the processor.
Any suggestions?
The form factor of the existing board is 170mm x 190mm