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BGates2B   03-16-2001 at 06:54:01 PM

I'm just curious. I know my taste in motherboard brands has changed over the years. I originally started with Tyan, switched to Supermicro, and now I use ASUS exclusively. I am just curious to see what other people are using and their experiences.

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Arrow   03-17-2001 at 12:38:22 AM
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I'm surprised that there haven't been any votes for Abit yet?

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Arrow   03-17-2001 at 02:45:20 AM
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I have good luck overclocking a 700E to 933MHz on an Asus CUSL-2 :)

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Grizely1   03-17-2001 at 04:55:12 AM
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what is other? gateway cheap brand stuff? ( i think they make they're own mobos, so does pb)

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Crashman   03-17-2001 at 10:05:53 AM
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ALL of my Gateway PC's have Intel motherboards, which are about the most reliable board I have come across! I hear they are using MSI now. Of coarse Intel boards do not allow much BIOS adjustment, but I am a refurbisher, I get what I can, and I apriciate the extremely low failure rates of the Intel motherboards (less than 1%)! And they do not have compatability issues! Asus, Abit, etc all offer boards with slightly more performance and many more tweaks, but I can't complain about that as a refurbisher-I don't WANT my customers to tweak their systems!

Suicide is painless...........

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Grizely1   03-17-2001 at 05:45:22 PM
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well they used to make their own. PB does, i know that

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Crashman   03-18-2001 at 12:14:13 AM
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The only Gateways that use proprietary motherboards are the all-in-one PC's book sized PC's, and notebooks. I have never had one. I have never seen any for sale from government agencies, so they do not affect me. Even their old slim case PC's use standard OEM Intel LPS form factor motherboards!
As for PB, they just plain suck.

Suicide is painless...........

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Mordy   03-18-2001 at 06:19:22 PM
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I didn't use the same brand twice yet.

E:=M*sqr(C)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by mordy on 03/21/01 12:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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LordKaos   03-18-2001 at 08:50:55 PM
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At least have you used ASUS motherboards yet?

Better burn in Hell with some company than freeze in Heaven all alone

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BGates2B   03-19-2001 at 05:34:35 PM
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Well, that's to collect those unusal brands like Tomato and stuff. I figured there was one that I missed.

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Mordy   03-20-2001 at 05:59:34 PM
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Soon.


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rcf84   03-21-2001 at 06:01:30 PM
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Supermicro is the only US brand name. Im waiting for there i815ep mobo to come out.

My p3 broke :*( Well Tualatin is coming :*)

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mjdunn   03-28-2001 at 12:03:47 AM
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That is odd, just about every intel board I have had sucked and was very unstable. I had Asus boards w/ same chipset worked fine.

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Crashman   03-28-2001 at 03:14:02 AM
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Out of the hundreds of Intel motherboards I have worked with (used), 5 were bown completely, the rest worked perfectly, although BIOS adjustments were very limmited.

Suicide is painless...........

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Mordy   03-28-2001 at 06:41:32 PM
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Did you mean BIOS or PASSWORD of the BIOS?
the answer is yes for them. there is some progs to clean password, some of them work, but i dont use them, it for lammers.
There is some programs for changing BIOS, some of them called "text editor" , or "hex editor".


What idiot would buy that crap?"

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Crashman   03-28-2001 at 10:37:29 PM
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There are programs that let you modify BIOS, and might let you force a PIII 700E to run at 933EB spec., but you would have to modify the pins in order to raise the voltage on the processor. Some people have used these programs to modify their memory settings beyond the basic settings in BIOS. But it makes a lot more sense just to buy a board with all the adjustments you want. I get a lot of Intel boards used, I set them up in basic systems, so I do not need any wild adjustment, default settings work fine for a basic system, which is what I usually sell.

Suicide is painless...........

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