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Drip50291   08-18-2008 at 06:28:51 PM

alright i want to roughly how long to expect my mobo to last. So if you guys kno any statistics please list. also if you could list how long your mobo(s) last(ed) please put how long you've had it, the manufacture, and if it died or not. More details are appreciated! thanks


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panicatak   08-18-2008 at 06:51:21 PM
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still running an Asus P2B from 1998 :D

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techgeek   08-18-2008 at 06:54:40 PM
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Well I have an ASUS TUSLC-2 (PIII Socket 370) that is still going strong since 2001. The only motherboard that I've had fail is a GigaByte 875P (8KNXP) board that started to malfunction after just 1 year, they RMA'd it and repaired it and sent it back. It lasted about 1 year and failed in the same way, they replaced it that time and it's still working today.

Failure rates are relative and quite often are manufacturer and or model specific. In general, if you don't push your hardware, and keep it cool, it should last for many years. With more motherboards using solid polymer capacitors, we should see motherboards last even longer.

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sarwar_r87   08-18-2008 at 07:09:09 PM
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had a DFI k6 mobo - dont remember which model....bought on 2000, sold on 2006...still running though

intel 946G bought on 2006, sold 2007......still running

msi k9agm3 bought on october 2007. died on march 2008.....had it replaced under warrenty.....still working


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gamerk316   08-18-2008 at 07:11:01 PM
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Whatever was inside the IBM OS/2 from the early 90's. Still runs great :D

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Nik_I   08-18-2008 at 07:17:43 PM
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i have an old packard bell pentium 75Mhz from 1995. it's currently sitting in a closet but it's still fully functional, apart from an IDE controller that occasionally decides to not detect the hard drive :). i also have a dell pentium 4 from very late 2003 (got it on new year's eve!) and i've not had a single problem with any of the hardware in it yet.


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SuicideSilence   08-18-2008 at 07:28:05 PM
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Ive had 3 (Yes THREE) MSI motherboard die on me :( Other than that all my computers are still running fine.

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sorce7200   08-18-2008 at 07:55:36 PM
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Kim-100, Z-80 Sinclair, Vic-20, C-64, Amiga 500 all but kim-100 still works.
Big Blue 286, 386 (Intel) scrap
Compaq 486 Dx2-66 (Compaq) 16 yrs old still running
Dell P166 (Dell) 14 yrs old still running
Compaq Slot 1 450 (Compaq) 12 yrs old still running
HP 1.03 Mhz Pavilion (HP) 12 yrs old still running
Gateway P4-630 (Intel 915) 4 yrs old - dead
Gigabyte P35 (Gigabyte) 1 yr old - still running

Have had several components die on most systems,
but the mobos seem to be dependable all around.

Agreed to above post....keep em clean and they last
almost forever.


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johnnyq1233   08-18-2008 at 08:09:35 PM
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My oldest board running is an MSI k7n2-delta that's currenly running an AMD 2400+ as a dedicated server 24/7.
Boards that have failed ASUS A7v600 after 7 months.
System on my sig 24/7 since Feb.2007.
:D

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rgsaunders   08-18-2008 at 08:31:03 PM
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Still have an Asus TX97E working, along with an Abit NF7S, BH6, KT7A-Raid, KR7A-Raid, a couple of P2B boards, etc. The only boards I have had die have been a couple with the bad electrolytic capacitors and that was years ago. I think I still have a couple of slot one boards around, one with a nicely overclocked 300A celeron running at 450, and an old Dell 1430 Poweredge with dual P3 800s.

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rodney_ws   08-18-2008 at 08:46:33 PM
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At some point around 2004 a BUNCH of motherboards from various companies (IBM & Dell come to mind) were shipped with defective capacitors... my employer had a fairly large number of the affected Dells and a near-majority of those failed within a year. Other than that and electrical damage, mobos seem to last way longer than we need them to.

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SuicideSilence   08-18-2008 at 08:50:00 PM
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Hopefully Asus and Gigabyte don't realize that :( :ange:

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aznguy0028   08-18-2008 at 09:07:08 PM
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my old P4 2.4ghz system had an asus that i built in 2003, still works till this day.

current PC ga-x38-ds4 running 5 months now :D

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techgeek   08-18-2008 at 09:08:54 PM
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rodney_ws wrote :

At some point around 2004 a BUNCH of motherboards from various companies (IBM & Dell come to mind) were shipped with defective capacitors... my employer had a fairly large number of the affected Dells and a near-majority of those failed within a year. Other than that and electrical damage, mobos seem to last way longer than we need them to.



Actually it was more than just computer that were affected. The whole consumer electronics industry was rocked by subpar electrolytic capacitors. It's actually a sordid affair of industrial espionage. The formula for the electrolyte was stolen, or in this case part of it was stolen. The incomplete formula was used by a few companies and sold cheaper than those which had the complete formula. These capacitors failed much earlier than the authentic capacitors. Actually there was a IEEE article that detailed all of this. It made for an interesting read.

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Drip50291   08-20-2008 at 02:13:23 PM
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techgeek wrote :

Actually it was more than just computer that were affected. The whole consumer electronics industry was rocked by subpar electrolytic capacitors. It's actually a sordid affair of industrial espionage. The formula for the electrolyte was stolen, or in this case part of it was stolen. The incomplete formula was used by a few companies and sold cheaper than those which had the complete formula. These capacitors failed much earlier than the authentic capacitors. Actually there was a IEEE article that detailed all of this. It made for an interesting read.


Wow that just shows you right there y not to buy anything cheap!

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