ASUS M5A97 LE R2 Replacement

[kb5zue]

I have been using an ASUS M5A97 LE R2 for the past five years without any problems at all until now.  The CPU fan header died and obviously because of its age it is not worth trying to get Asus to try and fix it.  I have been looking at a good replacement board and have come across the Asus TUF Sabertooth 990FX R3.0.  Currently using the following:

 

AMD FX-8370 Black

Arctic Freezer 7 Pro air cooler (plan to upgrade to h20 cooling as soon as I can afford it)

32Gigs Corsair Vengence Pro Series (4 x 8)

Samsung 850 Evo Pro SSD

Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X graphics card

 

Anyone else using a combination of, or, something similar to this with the Asus Sabertooth 990FX R3 mobo?   Yes, I do plan on upgrading the fan cooler to a water cooler but first I have to get it running again.  I also plan on upgrading the video but there are other things that take priorty, I have a 17 year old graduating from high school so my designated play money got side tracked for things like renting his suit/tux, etc...  So, if anyone has tried a setup similar to what I have described here, I would like to see their input on this setup.  Thanks in advance.

Dan/kb5zue

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-SABERTOOTH-990FX-R3-0/

 

[samcool55]

Why don't use another header and put the cpu fan rpm to ignore in the BIOS?

No need to replace the motherboard for a broken header

 

[kb5zue]

Thanks for the response, I tried to that route but with out the fan plugged into the header the pooter won't allow the machine to stay on long enough to get into the BIOS.  Don't know if that is standard operating procedures of if I'm just lucky that way.  Tried to go straight into BIOS but the machine will only stay on for 5 seconds (guessing with that, didn't actually time it of course).  Just not long enough to get into the BIOS but will give it a shot again in the morning when daylight comes and after I have gotten some sleep.  I'm in California.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

33 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

 I have been looking at a good replacement board and have come across the Asus TUF Sabertooth 990FX R3.0.  

That's basically the last AM3+ motherboard ever made, and probably the most expensive one you can still buy. I have the R2.0 and it's good, but I don't know if it makes sense to invest so much in a replacement AM3+ motherboard. You could get an older high end board used for much less (although you may be concerned about used boards being more likely to give you problems like your current one).

Now, going to the board itself, I don't know how many people got the R3.0, because it came out quite late in the AM3+ game. People with the 2.0 is typically happy (good OC ability, good fast RAM compatibility), and I doubt Asus has cheaped out in this board when it comes to OC capabilities, etc. It will also have basically every modern feature except PCIe 3.0, but PCIe 2.0 will be enough for that configuration.

 

[kb5zue]

Thanks to all that reply, really appreciate the response.  I was (finally), able to get into the BIOS and turn off the cpu fan monitor so I am able to use my machine again.  I am extremely hesitant to make this "CPU Fan Bypass" a permanent fix so I am still pondering the possibility of mobo replacement.  Once again, thanks for the response.

[Krillingt75961]

1 hour ago, kb5zue said:

Thanks to all that reply, really appreciate the response.  I was (finally), able to get into the BIOS and turn off the cpu fan monitor so I am able to use my machine again.  I am extremely hesitant to make this "CPU Fan Bypass" a permanent fix so I am still pondering the possibility of mobo replacement.  Once again, thanks for the response.

Plenty of boards that have newer features and are around the $100 range. They also have better power phases now than when your board was released so OC is pretty safe.