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The same as you... I kind of wish it wasn't an Abit
It's quite cool. At least the size of capacitors is bigger, I hope they tolerate heat better than their counterparts in older Abit boards. If that is in order, then the only wish I have is that they'd exchange that HighPoint controller into something else.
Then again, I get this strange feeling when I hear the word "integrated"... And I have my trusty IBM PS/2 keyboard that I wouldn't give up even if they gave me the board for free. I might be a bit "oldskool" but I think that a board with only USB (even if it's USB 2.0) connectors for keyboard and mouse is a repulsive idea.
I think I'll consider these myself:
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I agree with Tempest on the Asus board, never had a problem with them.
Plus that Abit has no PS/2 ports!!! Why? How?
It's like buying another dudes dirty underwear right off his ass or bobbing for turds in a toilet at a Taco Bell restaurant! (ok ok, I went to far with that, I'm sorry
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Last edited by ZokesPro; 12 April 2002, 13:46.Titanium is the new bling!
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Coolness, the new legacy free board. Hopefully ASus will come out with them soon. Finally the 16-bit bus kicks the bucket.
I haven't used the PS/2 ports on my computer for over a year. Use the USB M$ Natural Pro keyboard with a Logitech Mousman plugged into the USB on the keyboard.
JammrockLast edited by Jammrock; 12 April 2002, 14:59.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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Newer Operating Systems . . .
Newer Operating Systems can run without.
A warning! I once took out a Win98 machine because the keyboard was one of those hub deals with the keyboard and mouse connecting through the hub and since I plugged it back into the wrong spot, it needed to redetect the hub to detect the keyboard and mouse. It gave the usual messages about not being able to detect a mouse, but of course I couldn't get past that message because it couldn't see the keyboard either.
This was even with the emulation set in the bios.
Now if only I could find some ergonomic (aka like the M$ Natural) keyboards that were not M$ that did not have those damn hubs.Last edited by High_Jumbllama; 12 April 2002, 15:02.Comment
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Am I a magnet for bad Asus boards or something? I have had 3 Asus boards fail. I also don't understand what's wrong with Abit. I have had only good experiences with Abit, while bad with Asus.Comment
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I think somebody doesn't like youOriginally posted by bsdgeek
Am I a magnet for bad Asus boards or something? I have had 3 Asus boards fail. I also don't understand what's wrong with Abit. I have had only good experiences with Abit, while bad with Asus.
Your sentance should be the opposite. Just the fact that you posted that statement proves my point. I'd seriously give Asus another look. Far and above the most stable boards out there.
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I don't know about "most stable", but definitely up there. Epox and MSI too.
Now, I definitely don't like ditching the PS/2 port. It works, don't mess with it. Also, find a KVM switch that will take USB (and PS/2).
Among other reasons that I wouldn't like this board:
1. Abit made it.
2. I'm not a fan of integrated-everything.
3. Abit made it.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.Comment
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Agree with Wombat, the reviewer says he's never used more than 3 PCI slots? I've got sound, NIC, SCSI, modem, Firewire at the moment...
While I'd like all those USB/Firewire on the back, I hate onboard RAID, and I'd love a board with an extra bank of PCI
Give me PS/2 as well. My USB stuff also came with PS/2 ports (MS Mouse/Keyboard come with adaptors), and while I started with both on USB, I've reverted to old trusty PS/2
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I think you missed reasons 4, 5 and 6:Originally posted by Wombat
I don't know about "most stable", but definitely up there. Epox and MSI too.
Now, I definitely don't like ditching the PS/2 port. It works, don't mess with it. Also, find a KVM switch that will take USB (and PS/2).
Among other reasons that I wouldn't like this board:
1. Abit made it.
2. I'm not a fan of integrated-everything.
3. Abit made it.
4. Abit made it.
5. Abit made it.
6. Abit made it.
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I never said I'd buy it. I'm sure a non-integrated everything version will come out later. I just think it's a step in the right direction, because other board manufactures will follow...like Asus.
PS/2 ports need to go. Yes they work, but they run off the archaic 16-bit ISA bus, which needs to go. It's a step in the right direction...just not a big enough step for me to bite.
What I want is a legacy free dual Athlon, Asus or MSI board. Nothing integrated except the IDE controller, USB and firewire. No onboard sound, video, NIC, etc. If a beast like that comes out, then I'll bite.
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Personaly I haven't had a runin with abit boards yet,
BUT!
ASUS!
one thing that puts them on the top of my shit list it:
If a led light is conected wrong the mainboards just wont boot!!!
With any other mobo it will just mean that the power light wont light or that the HDD light wint light up when the hdd's are accesed!If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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I just picked up an Asus A7V333-R, and it kicks this Abit board's ass. The only differences are, the Asus has:
- Two fewer USB ports (4x 1.1, 4x 2.0)
- No onboard LAN
- One fewer FireWire (has one controller, but two ports so you can chose 4 or 6 pin)
- Promise raid controller instead of highpoint (only two raid channels, not four)
- 5 PCI slots
- 2x PS/2, 2x serial, 1x parallel, 1x joystick
- 3 DIMM slots, instead of four
- AGP Pro 4x Slot
I think I made the right choice
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I've only . . .
I've only ever had two problems with my Asus board.
1) One was that it sometimes does not detect high speed CD-R/CD-RW drives. Usually a reboot is all that is necessary. This is extremely rare and usually only happens when you've been messing with the system. (uninstalling and reinstalling)
2) The CMOS battery eventually failed and that can happen to anyone after a couple of years.Comment
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I dont want to give up my original edition Microsoft Natural Keyboard.
Their original was great.. everything after has sucked bigtime. I even have a couple still in shrinkwrap I got really cheap.
Why the hell does the keyboard/mouse interface need to be faster? Have you guys got overclocked hands now or something??
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