[chilloutcolin]

Hey guys,,I have to replace my motherboard(ASUS A7N8X-LA) and I've googled the motherboard and it looks like its going to be a hard to find and replace...Is there another motherboard I can use that would be easier to find or am I boned??

SPECS:
AMD Athlon™ XP – 2600+ (2.08GHz)
SIZE=1]2x1gb DDR-SDRAM 333MHz
80GB Ultra DMA hard drive
Nvidia GeforceFX 5200

[rf6647]

I believe you have been boned.

Where I am seated now, that mobo is the innards of the Compaq Pressario s4110cl . In this situation, the Windows XP [oem version] is forever tied to the mobo. After just completing the system recovery (back to out-of-the-box) of this computer, I regret never considering buying a retail version of XP.

Here is the link for the http://h10061.www1.hp.com/ccsearch/s...x=5&submit.y=9 Compaq.

I went to this site, but I could not find any mention how the restriction for the software license is enforced.

There is also a link for ordering parts, but the "build" of the s4110cl machine has two versions, and it only gave the part number and not any verbage resembling a7n8x-LA.

[philthomas]

There's a second hand (30 day warranty) one here, if you want to stay with the same.

[chilloutcolin]

My PC is a hp pavillion a330.uk:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...367636&lang=en
Thanks for finding that one on ebay...do you think it should work on my pc or is there some reason it might not?

[philthomas]

Well .... it's the exact make/model no., so I dont see why it wouldn't.