Here's the thing. I own a Acer Aspire M5811 (Core i7-860), and my motherboard broke two times. First on warranty regime, and now after the regime expired. Both times the computer wouldn't start, and i could hear a phan on maximum velocity.
This second time, not having warranty, i sent the computer trough the same store that i bought it from, to figure what the problem was (even tough i knew it was the mainboard again). They called me yesterday saying that they have to replace it and they want to charge me 203€ (£ 168) for it. Also they only offer me 3 months of warranty on the board.
I think that is to much money, and i've check the prices for mainboards on my local stores and the prices go from 40€ to 120€ (all Asus mainboards)
Here's the problem: I cannot find the exact motherboard used on my computer (i just remember it was Asus). And from the research i've made if you install a different motherboard on your pc, you have to re install windows, and that's the big issue, because there is data that i don't want to loose, and it seems to be no way to recover since the pc doesn't start up. Is there any way to recover it, since i'll problably will be installing a mainboard from the same brand?
Also if you could clear up this situation for me, I'm no computer expert, but i've learn the basic things you need to check when upgrading the mainboard. Such as the CPU compatibility ( and the Socket 1055 to 1050 wich besides the number of pins i don't understand what is the main win between them). I have the following possibilities :
MSI H81M-E33 sk 1150
ASUS H81M-E sk 1150
ASUS H81I-PLUS sk 1150
ASUS H87M-PLUS sk 1150
ASUS Z87-K sk 1150
ASROCK H61M-VG3 sk 1155
ASUS H61M-K sk 1155
ASUS B75M-PLUS - sk 1155
ASUS P8Z77-V LX sk 1155
Obviously by buying and doing it at home i'll problably save up 100€ and i would have 2 years of warranty on the board.
Advices please?
This second time, not having warranty, i sent the computer trough the same store that i bought it from, to figure what the problem was (even tough i knew it was the mainboard again). They called me yesterday saying that they have to replace it and they want to charge me 203€ (£ 168) for it. Also they only offer me 3 months of warranty on the board.
I think that is to much money, and i've check the prices for mainboards on my local stores and the prices go from 40€ to 120€ (all Asus mainboards)
Here's the problem: I cannot find the exact motherboard used on my computer (i just remember it was Asus). And from the research i've made if you install a different motherboard on your pc, you have to re install windows, and that's the big issue, because there is data that i don't want to loose, and it seems to be no way to recover since the pc doesn't start up. Is there any way to recover it, since i'll problably will be installing a mainboard from the same brand?
Also if you could clear up this situation for me, I'm no computer expert, but i've learn the basic things you need to check when upgrading the mainboard. Such as the CPU compatibility ( and the Socket 1055 to 1050 wich besides the number of pins i don't understand what is the main win between them). I have the following possibilities :
MSI H81M-E33 sk 1150
ASUS H81M-E sk 1150
ASUS H81I-PLUS sk 1150
ASUS H87M-PLUS sk 1150
ASUS Z87-K sk 1150
ASROCK H61M-VG3 sk 1155
ASUS H61M-K sk 1155
ASUS B75M-PLUS - sk 1155
ASUS P8Z77-V LX sk 1155
Obviously by buying and doing it at home i'll problably save up 100€ and i would have 2 years of warranty on the board.
Advices please?