. Yes I had it hooked up to a surge protector, but there was a stretch of a dozen surges within 20 seconds that did it. Guess I should have been smarter and turn it off for the evening.Oh well, I have it isolated down to being either the motherboard or the CPU. Been thinking it was time upgrade it anyways. I only use this server to store files and run P2P programs, so it doesn't need to be too beefy. The only requirements I have are PCI-E and SATA II.
Coming from:
Abit KT7A
1GB RAM 133MHz
AMD 1GHz Duron
6 160GB drives in a RAID 5 config with a Promise SX6000 RAID controller
20GB drive for the O/S -- Window 2003 Ent Server.
Geforce MX2 Video Card
3COM 10/100 NIC
Don't have a whole lot to spend on it, but this is what I am looking at; looking to start small and have room to upgrade down the road:
PENTIUM 4 524 3.06G ($71)
1GB DDR2 667 ($90)
ASUS P5B ($122)
Motherboard Specs:
Intel LGA775 Platform
Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo Ready
Intel Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D Ready
1066/800/ 533 MHz
Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
1x PCI Express x16
6x SATA 3Gb/s
RTL8111B PCI-E Gb LAN
8-channel HD Audio
AI NOS / AI Gear / AI Nap
CPU
LGA775 socket for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium
Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D Processors
Compatible with Intel 05B/05A/06B processors
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
Chipset
Intel P965 / ICH8 with Intel Fast Memory Access Technology
Front Side Bus
1066 / 800 / 533 MHz
Memory
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI-E x16
3 x PCI-E x1
3 x PCI 2.2
Storage
Southbridge
- 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
JMicron JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
- 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port
- 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD
LAN Realtek PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller
Audio
ADI 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB
10 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel)
Overclocking Features
Intelligent overclocking tools:
- AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
- ASUS PEG Link - Automatically performance tuning for graphics card
- ASUS AI Booster utility
Precision Tweaker:
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment
- vDIMM: 2-step DRAM voltage control
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- FSB tuning from 100MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
- Memory tuning from 400MHz up to 1066MHz
- PCI Express frequency tuning from 90MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection:
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- ASUS AI Gear
- ASUS AI Nap
- ASUS Q-Fan 2
ASUS Crystal Sound:
- ASUS Noise Filter
ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
Other ASUS Special Features
ASUS MyLogo 2
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel port
1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical)
1 x External SATA
1 x RJ45 port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1
8-Channel Audio I/O
Internal I/O Connectors
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
1 x COM connector
5 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU Fan connector
2 x Chassis Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
Front panel audio connector
1 x Azalia Digital Header
1 x S/PDIF Out Header
Chassis Intrusion connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System Panel
Any thoughts or comments?
