Upgrade from asus p4r800-vm to asus p5nd2 sli motherboard

I have an opportunity to buy an Asus p5nd2 sli mb for $70. Presently have
the Asus P4R800-VM mb and all the USB ports have "died" and had to install a
PCI USB card. Anybody see any problems with such an upgrade? Should I leave
well enuff alone?

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OldKenGoat wrote:
> I have an opportunity to buy an Asus p5nd2 sli mb for $70. Presently have
> the Asus P4R800-VM mb and all the USB ports have "died" and had to install a
> PCI USB card. Anybody see any problems with such an upgrade? Should I leave
> well enuff alone?
>

The supported CPUs are listed here - LGA775 processors, no Core 2 Duo support.

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...=en-us&cache=1

Your old board is S478, so the processor sockets are different. Are you
buying a new processor as well ? I think P5ND2-SLI is DDR2 for memory, while
your existing board uses DDR. So my suspicion is, at least a few components from
the old system, won't be making it into the new system.

For more feedback on the proposed new motherboard, you can check here:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx...Language=en-us

Paul

"Paul" <> wrote in message news:f3pq0k$m8i$...
> OldKenGoat wrote:
>> I have an opportunity to buy an Asus p5nd2 sli mb for $70. Presently have
>> the Asus P4R800-VM mb and all the USB ports have "died" and had to
>> install a PCI USB card. Anybody see any problems with such an upgrade?
>> Should I leave well enuff alone?
>>
>
> The supported CPUs are listed here - LGA775 processors, no Core 2 Duo
> support.
>
> http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...=en-us&cache=1
>
> Your old board is S478, so the processor sockets are different. Are you
> buying a new processor as well ? I think P5ND2-SLI is DDR2 for memory,
> while
> your existing board uses DDR. So my suspicion is, at least a few
> components from
> the old system, won't be making it into the new system.
>
> For more feedback on the proposed new motherboard, you can check here:
>
> http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx...Language=en-us
>
> Paul

Thanks, Paul. I'm glad I asked before upgrading. Looks like I'll stick with
my present setup.