Motherboard blown

2bullish · 13 Mar 2009 at 08:12

Well my PSU has gone and fried my mobo. Its was an Asus P5K ws pro. It needs replacing, I want to upgrade the mobo to something better keeping the rest of the components the same. If I stick with Asus will I have a problem installing the hdd with the OS as the board will need different chipset drivers?

FaceplantSi · 13 Mar 2009 at 08:15

Couldnt say for sure but you'll stand a better chance with another Asus board surely than swapping brands?

singh_uk · 14 Mar 2009 at 11:33

Hello, I had the exact same problem as you. The motherboard that stopped working for me was an ASUS P5K Deluxe.

I ended up getting a Gigabyte EP45-UD3R, it is heaps better (overclocks far better, runs cooler, and can be RMA-ed in UK if there are problems). Windows loaded up OK but the mouse/keyboard wouldnt work, I fixed this by inserting the Windows CD and repairing my installation - after that everything worked fine.

MrMoses · 15 Mar 2009 at 00:11

Try and return it to Asus if warranty exists

TOL247 · 22 Mar 2009 at 00:38

just do a windows repair...thats all i did when i replace my motherboard.

miniyazz · 22 Mar 2009 at 10:39

When I switched from a Gigabyte P35-S3G to my current ASUS P5Q Pro, IIRC I just installed P5Q drivers from within Windows, no Windows repair needed at all!