Felix Miata wrote: > On 2007/09/02 07:51 (GMT-0400) Eberhard Roloff apparently typed: > >> BandiPat wrote: > >>> You take your chances with anything ASUS teaming it up with Linux. >>> There are better choices. > >> if you don not mind, could you kindly name them? > > The real point is that ASUS support staff is openly hostile to Linux users > who require and attempt to get support (e.g., RMA for defective product) from > ASUS. So, the choices are all others until such time as it gets documented > which if any of the others take a similar attitude to ASUS. > http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux04/Asus_Sucks_Story-01.html > > My most recent success with motherboard tech support was with Biostar. I > purchased a several years old M7NCD > http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=m7ncd new in box from an > online vendor last fall. 7 months later it died as a consequence of a power > supply failure. I emailed tech support. They emailed me an RMA authorization > back. No stupid questions about what OS was installed. Board was replaced > with new in box complete with manual and accessories M7NCD Ultra > http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=M7NCD%20ULTRA . This system > using this board has about 8 operating systems installed, including 10.2 and > 10.3Beta2. > > ASUS' stupid web site is reason enough to avoid ASUS. I just tried to get a > BIOS update there yesterday. Finding the P5A-B BIOS was easy, but finding on > site the required update tool to install it was impossible. I was lucky > enough to guess one I already downloaded for a P5S-B many years ago would be > compatible.
Well I feel unable to comment on that, since I always refer to my vendor, when my hardware fails, which I never experienced with Asus. ;-(. However I must say, that for years now, I am used to choose either Asus (NEVER Laptops, just MoBos!) or Gigabyte as default brands, because I never had trouble with these (under DOS/Win/OS2/Linux...) in regard to Bios update availability, support (via vendor), performance and anything else I can think of. Maybe I just stick with them for reasons of traditition, but I will happily do so until I will have reason to act differently. regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
