I really think Asus sucks.

[Dasda]

I have a asus mobo that is 10 years old with a intel pentium4 1.5ghz. I have no clue of the model of mobo as it was bought by my parents for me and I didn't bother installing bios myself as it has been working fine since i got it so i dunno the model.

At the end, I will again buy asus becasue it is incredible for a mobo to last this long.

 

[JimmiG]

This is nothing new IMO. My old Asus A7V (Socket A board) suffered from data corruption when using ATA 100 drives.

Then I used Shuttle, Epox and MSI boards for a long time. Mostly stable, no problems at all.

My latest board is an Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe and it suffers from a few problems.

-I can't run my Hitachi 1TB disk off the SB600 controller without serious data corruption. I have to use the Marvel RAID controller for it.

-BSODs once every 1-2 weeks for no apparent reason (usually when the system is idle or just browsing the web).

-Using four RAM sticks requires overvolting the RAM and severely limits OC potential (crashes at 812MHz or so)

-C3 Standby mode in Vista x64 caused data corruption and loss of the partition table. I think this is fixed now with a BIOS update, but I don't dare put my computer in standby/sleep with this board.

The board does have fancy heatpipe cooling and a black PCB though Asus designs good looking boards with lots of features, but they release the boards in a broken, beta-like state.

When building systems for others, I usually go with MSI. Not always the absolutely best performers, until recently no fancy features.. But very stable and well supported in my experience. I think I'll use a MSI board for my next system.

 

[DivideBYZero]

LOL.

Did you even read it?

Try 5 bad MB's of the same Make & Model.


I am still running two of these, but when they die I have serious reservations about using ASUS again . . . .

Look at the thread. The positive tone posts outweigh the negative 20/1. Is that because they suck?

I don't know how you treat your equipment, you may be a sloppy worker and subject the boards to ESD at point of install, or you may just be very unlucky, but the general consensus is that ASUS is one of the top brands for reliability, whether you had 3 fail or not.

 

[judasmachine]

1 more, never had a problem. Currently running two ASUS boards, and an ASUS netbook.

 

[BadThad]

I've had more luck with Asus boards than any other brand I've tried.

 

[Texun]

I posted before that I like ASUS, and I do, but I've seen several boards of all brands that were very problematic (memory, random BSOD, stability) until I replaced the crappy PSU.

ASUS and ABIT are\were two manufactures (there are others) who produced boards that were IMO the most unforgiving when driven with marginally clean power. Wattage means very little if the power is dirty. Antec had a popular PS (True-Blue?) a few years back with a ripple problem that caused tons of problems with Abit but not other boards. I think it was Abit - it's been a long time. My point is unless it is certain that the power is clean it is difficult to difficult to blame a board.... unless it's DOA.

 

[snake pliskin]

I just bought 1 today online ,hope it works.Bottom line people build motherboards so there will always be bad ones, doesn't matter what brand name is stamped on it. And people do the quaity control so that can suck too.Gigabyte at least gave me a refund after the 3rd RMA Ep45-UD3P, not a bad company just a bad QVL. Board had alot of whistles but most didn't work right for me anyway.

 

[3chordcharlie]

In the last year, I finally retired a CUV-4x and whatever the slot-1 version was. Both were still humming along 9-10 years later with near as makes a difference 24/7 use.

 

[justinm]

The only problem I had with Asus was when they got my addresses from work and home confused (more my fault since I used my work UPS account/address) and delayed my RMA. Other then that, I've had good luck with Asus. I had a lot of Asus mobos in the last 10 years and have not had one go dead.

 

[aigomorla]

LOL theres a reason why i been calling asus all last year CRAPSUS.

They screwed a lot of my friends on RMA last year, and there boards were just plagued with issues when they were launched.

Since then i havent bought asus again.
I will avoid them for a while, until they start getting better.

But id expect a lot better from them.

 

[bigboxes]

Like some of the other peeps have said, there are duds among all brands, some more than others. Overall, I believe ASUS has good quality. I build custom PCs for folks. One of my clients just had to try it on his own. He went for the latest and greatest ASUS board back in the day. He then constantly complained that his $2,000 computer was slower than his old one. Turns out that this expensive board was riddled with unreliability. Bios updates some 2 years down the road helped out, but it's just one of those things that happen. I made lots of money fixing his "dream comptur". You should read many reviews and owner feedback before making a decision that will not only cost you $$, but lots of time that you'll never get back!

Personally, I have had an affinity towards Abit motherboards, to a fault, but we all know where they are today. I recently upgraded by older pc (4400+ X2) to a i7 920 and got an ASUS P6T Deluxe v2. It's a rock stable machine and I have no regrets what-so-ever.

 

[Interitus]

Owned 3 Asus boards here, never had a problem with any of them. If I went 1156 instead of 1366 with my recent build, the Maximus III Formula was tied with the EVGA P55 SLI for my board of choice.

I too had a love affair with Abit, I was really sad to see them go. Had an NF7-S, A8V (AV8? always get this board confused with the Asus one), and while I build my 1366 rig I'm on an IP35-Pro, which is probably the best board I've ever owned.

I'd kill for an Abit 1366 board, lol.

 

[KeypoX]

Hey Guys,
I've always been a fan of Asus but recently i've noticed a change with their products. So do you guys have any bad experiences with Asus products ?

DFI seems like the better choice for high end boards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB0JodKgZ0A&NR=1

I have never been happy with a asus i have bought. But others i bought for other people have been solid...

Anyways i stopped buying them about 4 years ago. DFI is nice but pricey.

 

[cyclo]

If your Asus board is one of those in the article in these links you may have to check the chokes, Part 1: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/15/mystery-rusty-chokes/

Part 2: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/18/mystery-rusty-chokes-part-deux/

 

[Skott]

I've always liked ASUS mobos. I've had pretty good luck with them. I carefully and thoroughly research the mobo model in question before buying though. If it doesn't get really good reviews then I won't buy it. ASUS brand or not.

 

[anand_user]

Hey Guys,
I've always been a fan of Asus but recently i've noticed a change with their products. One word sums it up, "Instability" . I've google the world "asus" I noticed that the majority of results are bases on problems. I've tried googling other motherboard like MSI, Gigabyte and DFI, i hardly got result bases on problems. Now i am not basing my Judgement based on searches, but from personal experiences. I often recommend Asus to people but lately it seems like i put my foot in my mouth. So do you guys have any bad experiences with Asus products ?

DFI seems like the better choice for high end boards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB0JodKgZ0A&NR=1

Asus instability? Tell them to stop downloading warez.

 

[PCboy]

Owned 3 Asus boards here, never had a problem with any of them. If I went 1156 instead of 1366 with my recent build, the Maximus III Formula was tied with the EVGA P55 SLI for my board of choice.

I too had a love affair with Abit, I was really sad to see them go. Had an NF7-S, A8V (AV8? always get this board confused with the Asus one), and while I build my 1366 rig I'm on an IP35-Pro, which is probably the best board I've ever owned.

I'd kill for an Abit 1366 board, lol.

I'd buy that in a heartbeat. I love my Abit boards, still serving me solid even today.

 

[anand_user]

didn't ECS oem for abit? ecs is still around. ecs has been rock solid in my experience.

 

[Texun]

didn't ECS oem for abit? ecs is still around. ecs has been rock solid in my experience.

I believe ECS used to handle a lot of outsourced work, or maybe they still do, but my guess would be that any outsourcing handled by them would be done per the customer's build and QC specs. I had a friend who used one of those K7S5A, or whatever that popular Socket 7 board was, and it was rock. Mine was more like mud.

 

[BadOmen]

My Gigabyte DS3 got one PCI burned and its NB overheats constantly. I feel I'm going back to Asus after 8 years for my soon-to-come P55 rig.

And I miss Soyo MBs.

 

[ChaiBabbaChai]

My Gigabyte DS3 got one PCI burned and its NB overheats constantly. I feel I'm going back to Asus after 8 years for my soon-to-come P55 rig.

And I miss Soyo MBs.

Soyo is still around but not in the US. My first build was with a Soyo. AMD K6-II 450 MHz with L2 on the mobo.

 

[sgrinavi]

Other than a current run of 3 bad Rampage II extreme boards I've had good luck with Asus. Come to think of it I've had good luck with Gigabyte, DFI & Abit too...

Asus's QC dept is proabably strained these days with all the products out there and the never ending rush to get new tech to market. I guess that's why they call it the bleeding edge.

Bottom line? If you want to be guaranteed a rock solid system then go buy a dell, or something.

 

[BadOmen]

Soyo is still around but not in the US. My first build was with a Soyo. AMD K6-II 450 MHz with L2 on the mobo.

My first build was with Asus: burned a memory slot.
Second was Soyo: flawless
Third was Gigabyte: the heat and pci thing I mentioned before

To get that Soyo in Canada was a total mess, talking to one million sellers who had never heard about it. Anyway, nowadays it's just impossible. I think I'll just bow my head and shuffle back to Asus. (while blaming its old SIS chipset)

 

[jiffylube1024]

LOL theres a reason why i been calling asus all last year CRAPSUS.

They screwed a lot of my friends on RMA last year, and there boards were just plagued with issues when they were launched.

Since then i havent bought asus again.
I will avoid them for a while, until they start getting better.

But id expect a lot better from them.

ASUS has a fantastic warranty (3-years on mobos and video cards!).

In my experience, sometimes you get an RMA back quickly, sometimes it takes awhile but if you don't get anything back in a month or two, then call them to get them to speed up the process!!

Of the three A8N-VM CSM boards I RMA'ed to ASUS, two came back within a month, one took about a month and a half.

I RMA'ed a 2+ year old ASUS ATI X1950 Pro video card that took three months from RMA to return. Finally after phoning them and reminding them I had received nothing I got an email from them saying that they were all out of X1950's, so they were sending me a 3850 HD 512MB card instead - a solid upgrade - for free.


My latest RMA from Asus - An M2R32-MVP board that had a corrupted BIOS took only 2 weeks for me to get a replacement from when they got my old board!

 

[SmCaudata]

My current ASUS was very finniky, now it's just broken. My ASUS board used to work fine on a fresh window's install, but every time I would finish installing the drivers for video card and chipset it would start to BSOD on restart and require me to shut down. I tried flashing to the newest BIOS at that time and it seemed cut the BSOD rate in half. Sometimes it would just lock up. It works if you shut it down then. Then I got a new CPU and flashed to the newest BIOS and now the board just locks up when I send a reset signal. If I shut down it works fine. This is annoying because when I make BIOS changes about 50% of the time it will hang, give a BEEP, and then shut off. When I restart it defaults to the default setting because it says OC failed... which is not the case because it wasn't overclocked. This is the most unstable motherboard I've had.

That said, I had an MSI board die on me once when after about 6 months of ownership I turned it on and it smoked burning a trace near the PCI slot containing my network card. No blown up caps. It could have been the fault of the network card, who knows.

I had an EPOX board die one day when I plugged in a USB flash drive. There was a tiny static charge and the screen froze...then the board wouldn't post.

I've owned 3 Abit boards with no issues, 1 MSI board that ran until I upgraded, and one Gigabyte board that did the same.

So, ASUS is the only one I've had that just didn't work very well. My other motherboar deaths were not really the fault of the motherboard. Also, as others have said the ASUS website is terrible. It seems to work about 75% of the time. From now on I'll likely go Gigabyte.