more VIA then AMD IMO I shy from VIA anymore. At 02:15 PM 10/31/2007, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Rick, >Agree totally even w/o any technical specifics. Every AMD/VIA m/b I have >ever used has been a problem, or, suffered what I perceive to be an early RTF. >Maybe, just my situation, but still...... >Best, >Duncan > >At 16:11 10/31/2007 -0500, you wrote: >>Actually, the remark about AMD/VIA and Soyo >>stems from the fact they don't last over 3.75 years. >>You can squeeze them a little longer, but two of mine went >>pretty "belly up", and my wifes was VERY sensitive to >>moderate heat this summer... The minute the temp dropped >>a couple degrees it worked fine... (I have case fans, >>I replaced the NorthBridge fans, and even the CPU fans...) >> >>For a short while, I was using an old "retired" Dell 800M >>Win_ME to surf and get e-mail... It is Intel and still works >>perfect under the same conditions, in the same room... >>JMHO, YMMV... >> >> Rick Glazier >> >>From: "Thane Sherrington" >>>Because of the puffed caps problem? Intel-based motherboard have had plenty >>>of those. The P4 doubles as a cap-puffer due to the ridiculous power strain >>>it puts on components. >> >>>At 05:03 PM 31/10/2007, Rick Glazier wrote: >>>>I'm beginning to think it was a bad idea to stray away from Intel... >
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