I got $100 for my B-Day, and I think I may spend it on a PC to run my G0704 conversion Mill. I currently have an old school PC Motherboard (P4?) that's been around the block several times and it's showing it's age and stability has been a big issue. It was an Asus Terminator or some such, in a proprietary small form factor tower and it was shoved unceremoniously in to a full ATX case that houses the other CNC crap.
It's a simple setup, Parallel -> Breakout -> DIY Stepper Drivers -> motors. I have an emergency switch, a single Limit switch, charge pump output and a PWM spindle control pin. Ohh, and a coolant output to switch on a mister. I'm not using MESA or any advanced card for output so I think I just need something stable with a standard parallel port output.
To that end, I have been eyeballing this MB as a replacement with a couple of sticks of generic ram (4GB?)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...13157497&ignorebbr=1
The price seems right and will be under $100 at my door. Searching here found very few posts but I may be using the wrong terms... anyone have experience with it or know if its a known failure? Is there anything else in the same price range that would make a better replacement?
Am I completely off base and there's just no way something that cheap will work?
