My other machine has a S2600IP4 motherboard and it has treated me well.Sorry that you both suffered a MB failure. I too appear to have a s2600CP2J death at less than 1 year, and less than 6 months of use, but mine is due to a failed BIOS update. I am contemplating whether to replace it with another of the same or maybe a S2600CP4. The X9DRI-LN4F+ looks interesting, but not sure if it will fit in my Intel P4216 case, and also would need to replace my raid card.