MOBO Problems

[Sleeper]

OK, I am wanting to buy an AMD processor but issues on this board make an eyebrow raise. Are the chipsets THAT problematic or is it just a few who are having this problem. Is ASUS & ABIT the best? What about IWILL, MSI, etc? They look nice and Tom had good things to say.

What say you .....

 

[lamer_gamer]

Yeah, I was nervous about going AMD for the same reasons. I went with the Asus A7A266 with the ALi chipset. It apparently (in benchmarks) isn't as fast as other chipsets, but I haven't read about a lot of problems with instability like with the Via based boards. For me, I'm really happy I went AMD. Good luck!

My brain has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down

 

[Guest]

I have an MSI K7 Master (AMD 760/Via 686B). I have had no problems whatsoever and am very pleased with the performance.

Wayne

 

[SERVO]

I also have a K7-Master and have had no problems with it. There is a forum at www.msihardware.com dedicated just for this MB and you will find it very helpful with setup.

K7-Master Ver. 1.1 2 dimm Bios Ver 1.1
T-Bird 1.2 266fsb retail box OC'ed to 1.4
{cpu host/pci clock: 140/35}
{cpu Vcore select: Default}
{cpu ratio: x10}
Tai-Sol CGK760092 H/S
Crucial 256mb PC2100 CL=2.5
Unbuffered non-parity 8-8-8-3-7-2-3
Asus V7700 32 DDR Geforce 2
{Memory Clock 400}
{Core Clock 210}
{8500 3D Mark 2000}
IBM 30GB 75GPX ATA/100 HD
SB Ensoniq in slot 3
56k Modem in slot 4
50x cd-rom
Enlight 7237 Mid Tower 350 PS w/ extra fan
Win 98se
Drivers Installed using newest downloads
{VIA Atapi}
{IRQ routing}
{VIA INF}
{AMD AGP mini port}
Drivers off the CD
{MSI nVidia Drivers}
{DirectX 8}