"Lee M." <lmacmil@forget_it.com> wrote in
news::
> I currently have an 8RDA3+ that I got about 9 months ago on Ebay. It
> runs fine but about once every 10 days, I have to start it 2 or 3
> times to get it to boot. It will almost always fail to boot the first
> time on a restart. Hangs just before or just after detecting the IDE
> drives. These are symptoms of bad caps although the Vcore voltage is
> solid as a rock.
>
> I see a couple of 8RDA3+ Pros on Ebay. I guess this has a later
> version of the nForce 400 chipset. I may buy one as a backup. Do you
> think I could install this mobo without having to re-install the OS
> (WinXP SP2)?
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Here's Epox's web page for the pro:
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-8RDA3plusPRO
I replaced a 8RDA+ with an 8RDA3I running XP home SP2 and experienced no
problems.
Dave