- Feb 16, 2000
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I need a good motherboard that is stable. At this point, I don't care too much about the extra features. All I need is at least 4 usb ports, agp 4x of course, support for my Athlon XP 1800+, support for my 512mb Crucial PC2100, and ATA100. I don't care about USB2, Raid, onboard sound and video. I could care less what chipset, or what it looks like. All I need is a stable motherboard.
I am now running on my 6th!, (yeah, 6) motherboard in 4 months. I have had 3 MSI K7T 266Pro motherboards (two RU's and one regular), and 3 other boards, including a Shuttle, an Asus and some no name brand. I am right now running the last MSI, non RU. The machine when running in Windows XP (or any OS actually), after I'd say anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours will just stop sending video and when rebooting the motherboard thinks it has a bad cpu. I know there is this problem with this motherboard, I have been on the MSI forums. I also know that my machine when it does run, feels like its a 486 SX speed wise. Not even a DX running Windows 3.1, but an SX. It is so utterly slow, and has been it is absolutely ridiculous. I have tested all of the hardware from this machine in another and all is ok, no problems.
I am a system builder from a local store and a member of a radio show in Philly which deals with tech support, and technology. I'm not bragging, I am just stating that I am not a beginner. I keep pumping money into this POS and it is getting me no where. Slowly, as I buy more and more hardware, I just see a pile in my room that gets larger by the day, of hardware, and there's nothing wrong with any piece of it. Once this all gets resolved, I'll be hitting the Sale/Trade forum and unloading but until then....
Price has no bearing on me. I could care less. At this point, price is something I will pay for stability. I won't go Intel, but throughout this entire ordeal, I have had to fall back on my PII 400mhz laptop to work on because I need a machine here to go day by day. I'm not relying on this thing anymore. I am now set on a mission to get this piece of junk working reliably. If it means, selling all the DDR ram and buying SDRAM again, then so be it. I'll do what I have to do to get stability. I will sacrifice certain details to achieve my goal. I appreciate any help here, I want to get this thing resolved.
I am now running on my 6th!, (yeah, 6) motherboard in 4 months. I have had 3 MSI K7T 266Pro motherboards (two RU's and one regular), and 3 other boards, including a Shuttle, an Asus and some no name brand. I am right now running the last MSI, non RU. The machine when running in Windows XP (or any OS actually), after I'd say anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours will just stop sending video and when rebooting the motherboard thinks it has a bad cpu. I know there is this problem with this motherboard, I have been on the MSI forums. I also know that my machine when it does run, feels like its a 486 SX speed wise. Not even a DX running Windows 3.1, but an SX. It is so utterly slow, and has been it is absolutely ridiculous. I have tested all of the hardware from this machine in another and all is ok, no problems.
I am a system builder from a local store and a member of a radio show in Philly which deals with tech support, and technology. I'm not bragging, I am just stating that I am not a beginner. I keep pumping money into this POS and it is getting me no where. Slowly, as I buy more and more hardware, I just see a pile in my room that gets larger by the day, of hardware, and there's nothing wrong with any piece of it. Once this all gets resolved, I'll be hitting the Sale/Trade forum and unloading but until then....
Price has no bearing on me. I could care less. At this point, price is something I will pay for stability. I won't go Intel, but throughout this entire ordeal, I have had to fall back on my PII 400mhz laptop to work on because I need a machine here to go day by day. I'm not relying on this thing anymore. I am now set on a mission to get this piece of junk working reliably. If it means, selling all the DDR ram and buying SDRAM again, then so be it. I'll do what I have to do to get stability. I will sacrifice certain details to achieve my goal. I appreciate any help here, I want to get this thing resolved.