I went with ABIT using the via 133 chipset. I used everything I could to my advantage. Contacting (or attempting to contact ABIT) was a futile effort. Bottom line is line is the via chip set it junk. I need stable. I wasn't trying to overclock and it would still do crappy stuff. Lock up, things like my Hauppauge TV card absolutely wouldn't work. I tried several other TV cards that would just lock up. I did firmware updates, bios changes, hardware changes and it was never stable and it was a issue that was becoming common knowledge. The firmware release updates were coming out fast and furious. A bad sign in my opinion. I finally gave up after I talked to about 5 people that had turned their boards in for new ones several times, still having troubles. I did too. I cut my losses and got an IWILL 266DDR mb. This one has given me no trouble in a year, so no one will convince me otherwise that via is a poor chipset. I do admin at a site that used the same via chipset and they have more weird problems than you can shake a stick at, at the desktop. I have convinced them that half their problems are the chipset. We are going with a newer mb and chipset and what do you know... the problems are going away with the crap hardware! about 800 more pc's to go.
Ironically shortly after I bought the mb AMD took them off of the prefere list. My luck. :( Terry Mathews wrote: > Specifically, what were your problems? Which motherboard brand and model? > Did you make use of the tech support offered by the motherboard > manufacturer? > > Terry > > I will NEVER EVER by a MB with a via chipset again! Period. It has left me > so > > bitter, that I probably wont' even get an AMD cpu next time. I went to > AMD's > > website and picked a MB brand that was recommended by AMD. I spent 3 > months > > screwing around, getting frustrated and cussing. Changed to an IWILL mb > and all > > my problems went away. Before that I had an Intel MB, intel chip and no > > problems. It isn't that AMD sells bad product, but a LOT of MB companies > are > > putting out shit. My 1.3 cents worth. -- Lorne Shantz
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