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RJT wrote:
> Ben Pope wrote:
>
>> It means the board was released without sufficient testing.
>
> I disagree. These are products where it is impossible to have tested
> every bit of hardware you can combine it with, to see if it all works.
> Also, as other manufacturers rush new hardware to the market, this will
> have to be tried for compatibility too, but you can't always wait. So,
> you get a decent product on the market, and work on it to resolve issues
> that arise.
>
> It's true that ASUS will have pushed hard to be the first to get an SLI
> board on the market, and might have cut a few corners here and there,
> but the fact that they are continuing to release new BIOSes does in no
> way reflect the quality of the product, or alledged lack thereof.
I didn't allege a lack of quality.
Actually I've just checked the release notes for the BIOSes and it looks
like pretty standard stuff thats updated. There are a few power
management issues that should probably have been caught earlier, but
things get missed.
> I too am happy to see ASUS actively support the A8N SLI Deluxe, and
> every BIOS has worked for me so far.
Great.
Ben
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