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    Well I just got done reading a review on the Soyo K7V Dragon motherboard and I was impressed by it. So my question is does anyone else use these motherboards and how did the work out? I mostly use either Asus or Abit boards so....

    Scott
    Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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    From persoanl experience I wouldn't touch a SOYO motherboard again, I have a dodgy 370 socket via chipset one. don't ask me the name, because i'm still trying to forget. I could never get it working with my matrox card (and yes i installed the 4-in-1 then the matrox dirvers). I'm using an abit sa6r and an asus cusl2-c.
    Not a problem.

    Personal advice from experience - pay the extra

    Dan
    Juu nin to iro


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    • #3
      I used one, once. Back in the slot 1 days.

      Seemed to work ok, but I believe either a power spike, or a PS failure sent it to the used hardware bin in the sky.

      amish
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      • #4
        I havent used the Dragon yet, I am still using my Soyo 6BA+ from 3 years ago running my P-3 550 Mhz. Stable stuff and only features missing are voltage adjustment but I'm not an Overclocker so I dont really need it.


        I would recommend their stuff for people who need stability, not "extras".


        -pickle
        Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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        • #5
          I've been using a Soyo board for the past two years and the only problem with it is the VIA chipset.
          Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra 9, Opteron 170 Denmark 2x2Ghz, 2 GB Corsair XMS, Gigabyte 6600, Gentoo Linux
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          • #6
            Soyo has a quiet reputation for reliability, but I haven't kept up with thier products over the last year or so.
            Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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            • #7
              I'll add a little more to my first post, the soyo board I received was in a cheap bare bones case (so yes this board was at the bottom end of the food chain), apart from the via/matrox problem. It would also hang on start up for Win2k server. It would *usually* boot on the third try. This was one of the cheaper soyo boards.

              There is always a faulty board (or more) in every batch, I may have been unlucky

              As always make sure your supplier has a good return policy and give whatever mobo you buy a good hammering when you get it, if it falls over - exchange it

              Dan
              Juu nin to iro


              English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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