Lucky ?

[Christian Ney]

There was an auction on ebay in France named ''Motherboard for sale''

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And in the description it was written:

''Motherboard + CPU + 4x 512MB Memory + Graphic card + CPU Cooler''

 

for 40 + 10 €.

 

...

Dunno why I bid, what the hell anyway I bid.

 

I received the package today, Guess what ?

 

Motherboard: ABIT IC7 MAX3 + Full Copper Chipset Cooler Thermalright with active fan

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition

Memory: 2x 512MB Winbond BH-5 + 2x 512MB Samsung TCCD

Graphic card: Albatron FX5600P

CPU cooler: Full Copper Cooler with heatpipes with active fan

 

:woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:

[TaPaKaH]

you had the balls to bid and it paid off, good job ... P4 EE s478 are very hard to get a hold of

[rebelion]

A very very lucky guy!!! Congrats!!!

[George_o/c]

Daaaaaamn

 

Now I understand why the first post of the Memebase thread talks about TCCD and BH5

Edited March 25, 2012 by George_o/c

[Turrican]

nice.

[Antinomy]

Lucky bastard!

[Dualist]

Jammy git

[SoF]

nice! and I thought such times on ebay were over

[Mafio]

I hate you

[Christian Ney]

Hum, cpu, memory and graphics card working well all tested.

 

But the motherboard isn't booting, hang up at 00 00 code on the PCI analyzer card.

 

So I checked the PCB and found that it has been damaged buy the seller I guess as the package was ok:

 

 

So I did fix this using my soldering skills making bridges:

 

 

 

But the board still won't boot.

 

 

FFFFUUUUUUUUUU

[SF3D]

Haha.. you need to fix it better: http://sf3d.pp.fi/images/image/open/2.jpg

That worked fine.

 

But in the end you were not so lucky.. the seller probably knew that he was selling non working stuff

FFFFUUUUUUUU....

[knopflerbruce]

Need new thread title:o

[TaPaKaH]

considering other package contents, it's not bad still

[TerraRaptor]

Sam is right. I believe you are lucky, Chris. Other items are still worth your money))

[sin0822]

i think you are lucky, but if he included a raptor that would be nice too!

 

Some T she she dee is good too! BH5 is my fav tho!

[M.Beier]

Damn nice catch!

As for the mobo, if it was on while it happend it is likely a gooner

[Leeghoofd]

Take your pills Marc or get some rest, no need to let your alter ego type the same message again...

[sin0822]

hey i have a IC7-G you want it? Serious.

[Christian Ney]

I want MAX3

[OptyTrooper]

In my experience IC7's in general are quite delicate. I have personally killed 3......so even without the damage it might be dead.

[Christian Ney]

indeed it is as I fixed the damage but still not working.

[knopflerbruce]

Is IC7-MAX3 just as fragile?

[OptyTrooper]

Is IC7-MAX3 just as fragile?

I would think so as there is not much difference between it and the vanilla IC7. My personal belief is that the NB get's to hot on them and croaks. I have absolutely no proof to back that up though.