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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by flyinghamster on Monday November 18, 2019 @09:48AM (#21564675)
I've built three systems with Intel desktop boards, and only one of them survived longer than three years; the other two succumbed to Bad Capacitor Syndrome. I wonder if the caps were counterfeits, since they were (at least ostensibly) from respected Japanese manufacturers.

The survivor is a D945GCLF2 (Mini-ITX Atom board) that runs my Asterisk installation. Even it's a bit wonky, though; kernels newer than 2.6 have a weird ACPI issue that crops up when the CPU temperature is above 71 C (which normally only happens when I'm compiling a new version of Asterisk). No BIOS or kernel fix is forthcoming.

If it wasn't for the expensive-to-replace PCI telephony card, I'd chuck it for an AMD-based Mini-ITX.

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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by paulmd on Monday November 18, 2019 @02:47PM (#21567494)
FYI there are still LGA1551 and AM4-based boards with PCI slots available, at least in mATX and ATX form factors. So you could potentially replace it with a modern board if you wanted.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&s...

(although apparently not in mini-ITX, but there are still a few Atom boards with ITX and PCI non-E available)

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&s...

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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by simcop2387 on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:12PM (#21566023)
It might be worth looking at some of the pcie to pci risers out there, you can find them for about $40-50, and you can likely get much better power efficiency on modern CPUs and platforms. That'd give you more time on a UPS along with better power bills (though likely not enough to recoup costs alone)
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