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Do you know why or how your mobo fried? What happened?

Also, what is your price range for a replacement?

Well any motherboard with a normal pci-e slot will support any gpu it doesnot need to be a certain model or brand. The problem with shorting out or frying a motherboard could also mean a destroyed cpu too. But for a motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131618&cm_re=am3_am2%2b-_-13-131-618-_-Product

Well any motherboard with a normal pci-e slot will support any gpu it doesnot need to be a certain model or brand. The problem with shorting out or frying a motherboard could also mean a destroyed cpu too. But for a motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131618&cm_re=am3_am2%2b-_-13-131-618-_-Product

04dcarraher

I certainly approve of your selection.

Do you know why or how your mobo fried? What happened?

hartsickdiscipl

What exactly happens when you push the Power Button? Does the PSU Fan, CPU & GPU Fan all turn on? Do you get a Bios Screen at start up?

Is there an LED on your Motherboard that is Green or Auburn??

You may end up finding out that Once you have Spent the Money, done all the work at replacing the mobo - that it still doesnt Work, and was the PSU all along...

[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Do you know why or how your mobo fried? What happened?

Watch_My_6

What exactly happens when you push the Power Button? Does the PSU Fan, CPU & GPU Fan all turn on? Do you get a Bios Screen at start up?

Is there an LED on your Motherboard that is Green or Auburn??

You may end up finding out that Once you have Spent the Money, done all the work at replacing the mobo - that it still doesnt Work, and was the PSU all along...

Then we could be looking at just a motherboard.. or we could be looking at a whole lot more.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Then we could be looking at just a motherboard.. or we could be looking at a whole lot more.

Watch_My_6

I would test the PSU with the volt-meter like you said.. I guess you'll know if your CPU is still alive once you get a new motherboard.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="Watch_My_6"] Yeah that is the unfortunate thing and I guess there really isn't much of a way to test out what is good and what is bad. Is there a way of testing a PSU? I think I have a volt-tester in my garage...would that work? Obviously I want to try and salvage what I can out of the old computer and I'd imagine the best place to start would be the mobo, then the PSU.

Watch_My_6

I would test the PSU with the volt-meter like you said.. I guess you'll know if your CPU is still alive once you get a new motherboard.

What's your budget?

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

What's your budget?

Watch_My_6

Just the motherboard

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="Watch_My_6"] For what, a whole new rig? Watch_My_6

Just the motherboard

Check out this guy-

MSI 790XT-G45 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

Looks good. I actually really liked the gig boards and it was ultimately my problem it broke. What about this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443&cm_re=gigabyte_motherboard-_-13-128-443-_-Product I think it is just an updated version of my old one. Is it compatible with my gpu/cpu?Watch_My_6

You would have to buy new RAM to use that board. Your current (broken) mobo is an AM2+ board, not AM3. AM3 boards use DDR3 memory. Don't do it unless you want to buy some new RAM too!

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="Watch_My_6"]Looks good. I actually really liked the gig boards and it was ultimately my problem it broke. What about this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443&cm_re=gigabyte_motherboard-_-13-128-443-_-Product I think it is just an updated version of my old one. Is it compatible with my gpu/cpu?Watch_My_6

You would have to buy new RAM to use that board. Your current (broken) mobo is an AM2+ board, not AM3. AM3 boards use DDR3 memory. Don't do it unless you want to buy some new RAM too!

Edit: I looked but all I found was micro atx boards, which I think I want to avoid, right? I mean I am fine with picking a new board, but I did like that gig board. Which one between the posted MSI or Asus board. the Asus one I think was $10 cheaper.

IDK about any currently available AM2+ Gigabyte boards. The Asus is $10 cheaper than the MSI board, but the MSI has 2 full-length PCI-E slots.

This is a good choice too:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

This is a good choice too:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

desertpython

lol.. didn't the OP already link to that one? The problem with it is that he has DDR2 RAM.

[QUOTE="desertpython"]

This is a good choice too:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

hartsickdiscipl

lol.. didn't the OP already link to that one? The problem with it is that he has DDR2 RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394

Then this is the one I've got for my DDR2 system.