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‎04-25-2016 10:01 AM - edited ‎04-25-2016 12:05 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion a6000n
Operating System: Linux

I want to upgrade this machine and get a new motherboard and CPU. The one currently in there is an M2N68-LA/NARRA-GL8E made by Asus for HP. Will any micro ATX motherboard work, or does this have an odd size or screw hole placement, or something else incompatible?

 

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‎05-02-2016 08:26 AM

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In case anyone is interested, I picked up an ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3 mATX AMD Motherboard, and an AMD FX 8320E 8-core processor. The motherboard was a little shorter than the origian, so the bottom screw holes didn't line up. But it's in pretty solid, and works great.

 

There is, however, no place to plug in the SD card reader, or the front firewire. I don't use firewire, so that's not a problem, but I'll miss the SD card reader. That's one thing I forgot to check when looking for motherboards.

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‎05-02-2016 08:26 AM

HP Recommended

In case anyone is interested, I picked up an ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3 mATX AMD Motherboard, and an AMD FX 8320E 8-core processor. The motherboard was a little shorter than the origian, so the bottom screw holes didn't line up. But it's in pretty solid, and works great.

 

There is, however, no place to plug in the SD card reader, or the front firewire. I don't use firewire, so that's not a problem, but I'll miss the SD card reader. That's one thing I forgot to check when looking for motherboards.

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