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From: johnS on 27 Mar 2006 02:12
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:41:12 GMT, johnS(a)hawaii.rr.com wrote:

Heres the info now that Im somewhat awake.

Asus made this the K8S-MX with the SIS chipset and built in graphics
This may or may not be close enough to use the old hard disk install
and compaq reinstall

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=377&l1=3&l2=14&l3=149

At Directron http://www.directron.com/k8smx.html

$68

http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=1532&gclid=CJuVxa_I_oMCFQ5pDgodPHqugA

$42

Do a search you might even find it cheaper since its a cheapo board
and this is the version Asus sold to the public. Once again this
should be very close but I dont know if its an exact replacement in
terms of drivers etc.


I looked all this up a while ago because I have the exact same board
as you do which I replaced.

Frankly if you have an OS disk WIN XP or something then I would get
the Sempron deal at FRYs and replace it with a standard NForce3 board
which is more flexible, has more slots PCI 5 etc. The only thing thats
difference with mine is it doesnt have the connection onboard for the
6in1 card readers etc which I disabled anyway cause it was hogging the
resources in WIN XP/motherboard. It would give me an out of resources
message when I tried to install a new card in my system and I saw that
the 6in1 reader was installed as if itwas 6 different devices.

The Mambo case at Compusa is $29 this week not 20 as I states after
rebate pretty snazzy for 29.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=335797&pfp=BROWSE

Unfortunately I cant find any COMBO sales at outpost.com this week.
They have them on and off all the time. Sometimes its hard to find
them buried among the CPU and motherboard listings.

Its a 754 socket MB ECS (cheapo makes but I bought two with no
problems so far) and a CPU sempron 2800 or 3100. Youll need video
though since it doesnt have built in video. You can get a $20-30 card
at Newegg.






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