karatista33

Asrock has been good to me. using asrock mobo for more than 6 years. I always look for asrock boards when I assemble a computer. never experience any serious issues with this board.

karatista33

ECS are also good brand of mobo. I also have a ECS machine, it's 6 yrs old now and still running smooth until now. Asrock and ECS are my favorite mobo

valleyofchrome

ECS is one of the generic brands in mobos used today. They have elite mobos but not that good compared to other manufacturers like Gigabyte or Asus.

PAPY2000

Hey guys, I originally posted this in yahoo answers, so I will just copy and paste what I asked there so save me some typing time.

"Little brothers motherboard took a crap a few days ago, when I went to look inside I noticed that the chipset heatsink popped off, which I figured was normal since I gave this computer to him along time ago and it is rather old (4-5 years maybe). It is still capable of playing decent games (cod4/wow) so it isn't total crap.

I figured I could just re-bond it with some Arctic Silver compond or something like that, but then I noticed that one of the little seats that holds the heat sink in place was missing.

I looked all over, including inside the case and never found it. Does anyone know where I can buy another one of these tiny clasps and just solder it on myself? I wonder if it will even work.

The computer just black screened when this happened, not sure if something fried but it didn't seem so.

The motherboard is a AOpen AX4SP-N (haha I know, crap) and they don't even make it anymore or sell it anywhere.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Looking to find that part, should cost a few cents if I can find it, or maybe just use some generic part.

If not I'll have to buy him another mb I guess.