help please help !! · DIGIT-ARC

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hello all .
i am in trouble .
i want to buy a new motherboard for my old amd 5600 X2 processor , cuz my old one was giving me problems .
it was restarting randomly and giving up blue screen .
i am using two harddisks one 80 gb id and other 160 gb sata .
and they are working .( i checked them on my friend's pc .)
so please , can anyone suggest me a good motherboard for my amd 5600 processor .
thanks in advance .

r u sure its a MB problem have u checked the ram u can get any am2 mb from either asus, msi or gigabyte all of them r good brands

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What type of RAM you are using?

DDR1 or 2?

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thanks for the reply .
yes i am sure it is a mb problem . i am using transcend ddr2 ram .
i replaced tha ram and got the same problem . i tried everything like replacing hardisk , ram , powersupply . but still the problem remains .

@op did u check the temps.

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no i didn't . i was not aware that it can cause BSOD problem .
okay let me explain my problem , it started almost a month back , my pc threw BSOD once a day randomly , i didn't mind that . bust after few days it became more frequent . and it started showing while booting up windows . i decided to check my ram , cleaned it , and then put it back . Problem Remains .
then i decided to reinstall xp , everything was fine , but when i tried to install my display driver and sound driver , voila ! here comes the same blue screen again .
okay if you are with me so far , bear me for few more lines

my pc worked fine on safe mode , but not on normal mode . after that nothing worked .
i called one of me "techie" friend , he found three capacitor swollen/bulged on the motherboard , and suggested for replacement of mb .

What is the budget for the new motherboard?

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upto 4000 rupees .

u100i said:
upto 4000 rupees .

Then get the Biostar TA790GXE 128M motherboard @ 3.9K. Here is the link.
It is one of the best feature rich motherboard with support for all the AM3 processors like the high end 6 core 1090T and 1100T, has Crossfire support @ X8-X8 mode. So in future you can upgrade the processor very easily.

Another suggestion is a chepaer one considering investing a DDR2 based motherboard does not make more sense as DDR2 is a dying standrad and DDR3 is the mainstream. So you can get the Biostar A780L M2L+ Motherboard AM2+ @ 2.8K

WOW AMD X2 is Old, What would Semprons will be called then.

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thanks Cilus and all other guys for their suggestion and time .
@vwad - yaar that ( AMD 5600+ x2 ) was the second best option available at that time , which i could afford to buy .

vwad said:
WOW AMD X2 is Old, What would Semprons will be called then.

Processor capabilities upgrades regularly. I wonder what would you call phenom X6 7-8 years later. :unsure: