Help Finding Old Mobo Replacement

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hhara

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So my first computer, which I obtained about 8 years ago has been handed down to my sister. The only things she will ever use it for is surfing the internet or burning music. In other words, there is no reason to upgrade this piece of crap.

Recently, I started experiencing a lot of strange issues with it when trying to set it up for her. I opened it up and noticed about 4 of the capacitors on the motherboard were no longer in tact. Their insides were all over the place.

The motherboard is a Aopen AK77-8XN. The specifications for it can be found here.

The problem is trying to find this motherboard, or a replacement for it even that supports the same things it does. I do not know of any dealers that sell old, out of date hardware. Any suggestions?
 
There is exactly one Socket A motherboard on newegg, here, and it doesn't look like that's what you would want or need.

Tigerdirect also has only one Socket A motherboard, here, which looks more like what you need, but I'm not sure.
 
Yah, that PC Chips board on TD should work fine.

FYI, end user computer parts aren't made to last forever... especially from brands like PC Chips. :p
 
How about MSI K7N2-L ?
It was my original motherboard that got replace with Abit NF7-S V2 in my sig
Probably still works fine, its just sitting in a box in my closet
Pm me if you interested

MSI K7N2-L
MSI K7N2-L
 
Also, when I was researching Socket A, I noticed comments that the poor design of the socket tended to result in broken CPUs, which probably explains why it's so rare now. It's possible that your CPU might not survive the upgrade.
 
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