Replacement Motherboard for s5200nx

The pins have pulled out of the motherboard, where the springs were holding
the northbridge heatsink down... Is there any repair possible, or what
motherboard might be a decent replacement?

I have used Biostar motherboards as drop in replacements in Emachines.
Wondering if anyone might have this experience... and could make a
suggestion...

JR

The motherboard in the S5200NX is an Asus P4G533 with Intel 845GL chipset,
Realtek RTL8100 Ethernet, ITE Super I/O chip, and Realtek ALC202A audio chip.
Your best bet is to replace it with a very similar Asus board, and you would
then have to jump through Microsoft's product activation by phone, telling Apoo
in India that the motherboard failed.

Next best choice would be a motherboard with the exactly the same chipsets. The
best choice after that would be another board with 845GL chipset, but you would
need to install different drivers for the Ethenet and audio. If you do not
match the motherboard 845GL chipset exactly, you would have a lot more to do to
get Windows running properly again.

To repair the board, is it possible to simply reattach the northbridge heat
sink? Maybe you can get some replacement pins with springs from a failed
Socket 478 board? ... Ben Myers


On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:05:42 -0700, Postman Delivers
<JR_the_postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote:

>
>The pins have pulled out of the motherboard, where the springs were holding
>the northbridge heatsink down... Is there any repair possible, or what
>motherboard might be a decent replacement?
>
>I have used Biostar motherboards as drop in replacements in Emachines.
>Wondering if anyone might have this experience... and could make a
>suggestion...
>
>JR
>

According to the HP web site, the board might also be a Trigem GL VE, in which
case the solution is different. First, I do not know if Trigem sells any
retail boards. I doubt it. I have only seen their boards in eMachines, HP,
and Compaq computers. Guess what? The same Korean manufacturer assembles
computers from the same parts for all three brand names, and uses more or less
the same chintzy parts in all three.

The Trigem GL VE has the same Intel 845GL chipset, but ADI1981A audio (actually
better quality), SMsC LPC47M102 Super I/O, and the same Realek RTL8100 Ethernet
chip.

These boards are easy to tell apart, either from their chips or from other
markings on the boards... Ben Myers

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:28:17 -0400, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:

>The motherboard in the S5200NX is an Asus P4G533 with Intel 845GL chipset,
>Realtek RTL8100 Ethernet, ITE Super I/O chip, and Realtek ALC202A audio chip.
>Your best bet is to replace it with a very similar Asus board, and you would
>then have to jump through Microsoft's product activation by phone, telling Apoo
>in India that the motherboard failed.
>
>Next best choice would be a motherboard with the exactly the same chipsets. The
>best choice after that would be another board with 845GL chipset, but you would
>need to install different drivers for the Ethenet and audio. If you do not
>match the motherboard 845GL chipset exactly, you would have a lot more to do to
>get Windows running properly again.
>
>To repair the board, is it possible to simply reattach the northbridge heat
>sink? Maybe you can get some replacement pins with springs from a failed
>Socket 478 board? ... Ben Myers
>
>
>On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:05:42 -0700, Postman Delivers
><JR_the_postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>The pins have pulled out of the motherboard, where the springs were holding
>>the northbridge heatsink down... Is there any repair possible, or what
>>motherboard might be a decent replacement?
>>
>>I have used Biostar motherboards as drop in replacements in Emachines.
>>Wondering if anyone might have this experience... and could make a
>>suggestion...
>>
>>JR
>>

Ben Myers wrote:

> According to the HP web site, the board might also be a Trigem GL VE, in
> which
> case the solution is different. First, I do not know if Trigem sells any
> retail boards. I doubt it. I have only seen their boards in eMachines,
> HP,
> and Compaq computers. Guess what? The same Korean manufacturer
> assembles computers from the same parts for all three brand names, and
> uses more or less the same chintzy parts in all three.
>
> The Trigem GL VE has the same Intel 845GL chipset, but ADI1981A audio
> (actually better quality), SMsC LPC47M102 Super I/O, and the same Realek
> RTL8100 Ethernet chip.
>
> These boards are easy to tell apart, either from their chips or from other
> markings on the boards... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:28:17 -0400, Ben Myers
> <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>The motherboard in the S5200NX is an Asus P4G533 with Intel 845GL chipset,
>>Realtek RTL8100 Ethernet, ITE Super I/O chip, and Realtek ALC202A audio
>>chip. Your best bet is to replace it with a very similar Asus board, and
>>you would then have to jump through Microsoft's product activation by
>>phone, telling Apoo in India that the motherboard failed.
>>
>>Next best choice would be a motherboard with the exactly the same
>>chipsets. The best choice after that would be another board with 845GL
>>chipset, but you would
>>need to install different drivers for the Ethenet and audio. If you do
>>not match the motherboard 845GL chipset exactly, you would have a lot more
>>to do to get Windows running properly again.
>>
>>To repair the board, is it possible to simply reattach the northbridge
>>heat
>>sink? Maybe you can get some replacement pins with springs from a failed
>>Socket 478 board? ... Ben Myers
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:05:42 -0700, Postman Delivers
>><JR_the_postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>The pins have pulled out of the motherboard, where the springs were
>>>holding
>>>the northbridge heatsink down... Is there any repair possible, or what
>>>motherboard might be a decent replacement?
>>>
>>>I have used Biostar motherboards as drop in replacements in Emachines.
>>>Wondering if anyone might have this experience... and could make a
>>>suggestion...
>>>
>>>JR
>>>

Ben thank you, not finished yet, I will keep on the shelve until another one
appears in the donations they collect...

JR