Thanks, but that memory issue bothered me, so I've gone with a Gigabyte board, IIRC GA-P45-UD3P, which had a lot of good reviews on Newegg. I'll be picking it up tomorrow with the build probably this weekend.
Steve On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:26 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just looked around quick & found some support thread open with the usual > suspects. All seem to come down to manual BIOS setup or BIOS up/downgrade > which tells me the BIOS is NRFPT & incompatible with some vendors RAM. > Fixable as the go along, not a "design" fault necessarily. > > Price is attractive, but I'd pass in favor a more expensive X48 based mobo > and quad core as I've said here before. > > Steve Tomporowski wrote: >> >> I'm getting ready to get this board, but some of the issues mentioned >> on Newegg bother me a bit. >> >> What is the issue with the P5Q and memory? To me, if you start >> talking 'quality' memory, it sounds to me like an unstable design. >> >> What about BIOS issues? There were a few scattered over different >> dates, but interspersed with solid 5's and no issues. >> >> Oh, yeah, I'm going to put an E8500 in it. >> >> Thanks....Steve >> >
