my friend just had an Asus P5B-E go bad on him a couple of days ago. He just wants another one to replace it. I am looking on ebay and found a couple but can a person use any P5B model for the drivers already loaded or is it just best to get the original model? Thanks.
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the motherboard should came with the driver disc so its best to use that.
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| OCZ Vertez 2 E 120GB | Samsung | Noctua NH-D14 | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
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He does not want to reinstall is OS. If he gets the same exact board he should be able to just put the board and same cpu in and be fine, right?
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