On Sunday 31 December 2006 11:06, Nick Zentena wrote: > On Sunday 31 December 2006 10:59, James Knott wrote: > > Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > On Saturday 30 December 2006 22:49, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > >> What on Earth is the significance of how "cooperative" a vendor > > >> is? Who needs there cooperation? You look at their hardware. If > > >> it's suits your needs and has support under Linux, you can > > >> choose it. If not, you don't. > > >> > > >> For the life of me, I don't understand this vendetta against > > >> ASUS. > > > > > > I had three boards in a row 'smoke' on me when I first installed > > > them. > > > > > > I was able to get replacements each time from the vendor. And > > > the last of those three was in a complete new chasis that was > > > assembled by the vendor. > > > > > > I finally shipped that back and told the vendor to reassemble it > > > with an Intel MB and I haven't used ASUS since. At the time I > > > was told that ASUS's quality control sucked and that they would > > > re-ship returned boards without even looking at them. > > > > I'm on my 2nd ASUS mom board. The first I used for about 4.5 > > years, before upgrading to my current 64 bit ASUS system. Both > > have worked well with Linux. > > I must be on my 6th or 7th Asus board. Never had a problem with > Linux. Never had a board fail. Including the one that must be 20 > years old and would still run today if I felt like plugging it in. [...] > Nick ========= I believe Asus made a good motherboard, several years ago, but of late, they seem to have forgotten about quality control and proper support for their equipment. I've had any number of people, both locally & elsewhere tell me they quit using them years ago! I think many people still get them from their previous experience, thinking they are still as good.
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