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ECS ION Motherboard Boot Error
smartbomb2084:
Nothing is ever easy if I am involved...
mahkeymike:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on February 09, 2013, 09:46:03 pm ---
i'm putting together a replacement board list that i'll post up here in the next day or so. you can search e-bay and find replacement boards for about $30 the "megatouch" branded ones are like 300. don't bother with them.
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So where is this list lilshawn? One board is hardly a list. Also, are there any compatiable force boards on this list? Ive found one, but it seems post 2007.5 knocked it out and requires some patching.
lilshawn:
ive been trying to upload files to the repository for the past few days but they never show up.
(thats why the stickys are still empty too.)
mahkeymike:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on February 14, 2013, 09:21:31 pm ---ive been trying to upload files to the repository for the past few days but they never show up.
(thats why the stickys are still empty too.)
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Cant you just post the list of boards in its own sticky thread. Not sure why you need to upload anything. I just want to know if you found another Force board because i have a radion i just replaced the crt with a lcd that needs a new mobo but considering its going to cost me atleast $30-$40 to buy a broken board just to see if i can fix the board i have. So I might aswell just buy a different board if you know of one. As ive said earlier I know of one but it only works with 2007.5 and wont work with anything above unless I patch something out.
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: mahkeymike on February 17, 2013, 11:35:50 am ---
--- Quote from: lilshawn on February 14, 2013, 09:21:31 pm ---ive been trying to upload files to the repository for the past few days but they never show up.
(thats why the stickys are still empty too.)
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Cant you just post the list of boards in its own sticky thread. Not sure why you need to upload anything. I just want to know if you found another Force board because i have a radion i just replaced the crt with a lcd that needs a new mobo but considering its going to cost me atleast $30-$40 to buy a broken board just to see if i can fix the board i have. So I might aswell just buy a different board if you know of one. As ive said earlier I know of one but it only works with 2007.5 and wont work with anything above unless I patch something out.
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the ECS board used in the radion/evo/fusion/elite/vibe machines was the last of the force line before they switched to ION. if the board is not repairable and you can't obtain a direct replacement, you can attempt to switch it with an AMPTRON with the same "intel 810e" chipset board and has the same C-Media CMI8738 audio chipset as the ECS.
that said, problem is that the boards are all several years old and nothing new is being produced with those chipsets anymore. And,like you mentioned, anything used you may find that will work may be no better off than the original board.
Due to being EOL, they have abandoned updating the software to support new hardware, opting to discontinue the force line and continue on with the ION line. This means we have more luck with finding new ION boards that are supported.
Ion boards will not work with force I/O boards. I'm currently looking at obtaining some ION I/O boards and attempting a swap with them to try and upgrade them to ION technology. It's been really backburnered due to the fact that my feeling is that AMI will no longer be supporting ION line beyond the 2013 year. (having already abandoned the force line at 2011 and not even releasing a 2011.5) If they decide to release ION 2014 software (which isn't looking good since they refer to the 2013 software as "legacy"),
our company will not go "live" so perhaps I will revisit doing the conversion with some more gusto.
in the mean time throw a handful of 1000 uF and 470 uF caps at it. They are a pretty tough board. I've had more successes than failures with the boards. I have 3 ECS force boards in a pile that couldn't be resurrected by re-capping them in the past 5 years...Ive had 4 asus ION boards so far THIS YEAR.
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