So I go to newegg.com, VISA balance <$500 and see the GA-7VXRP for $102. RAID and LAN. Seems like good deal. Read review at Tom`s. And they say this:
Note: AMD won't be requiring thermal protection for Athlon CPUs until June 10, so we've not included this new feature here.
The Gigabyte board does not yet have any protection against thermal death. The manufacturer continues to leave out unnecessary OEM interfaces such as ACR, AMR and CNR, which is of no use to the end user anyway. The wealth of materials and accessories included in the package completes our positive impression of this board, and so the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP wins the Tom's Hardware Guide Award for 2002.
WTF? I thought every board for the past four years or so had a warning temp/shutdown temp in BIOS that you could set. So instead of running right here (and being lazy) I go to AMDs site and find this at recommended mobo list:
Notes for: GA-7VRXP
ECN: ECNR011314 required.
For information or questions regarding ECNs please contact the motherboard vendor.
Would someone please edumecate me on this.
Note: AMD won't be requiring thermal protection for Athlon CPUs until June 10, so we've not included this new feature here.
The Gigabyte board does not yet have any protection against thermal death. The manufacturer continues to leave out unnecessary OEM interfaces such as ACR, AMR and CNR, which is of no use to the end user anyway. The wealth of materials and accessories included in the package completes our positive impression of this board, and so the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP wins the Tom's Hardware Guide Award for 2002.
WTF? I thought every board for the past four years or so had a warning temp/shutdown temp in BIOS that you could set. So instead of running right here (and being lazy) I go to AMDs site and find this at recommended mobo list:
Notes for: GA-7VRXP
ECN: ECNR011314 required.
For information or questions regarding ECNs please contact the motherboard vendor.
Would someone please edumecate me on this.