Gigabyte 7n400 Pro2 question

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"I try" <cadss2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've seen two different versions of this board. One has a fan on the
> Nvidia chip and the other has a larger heat sink w/o a fan. Is there
> any other diffence between the two boards? Which is better? Is this
> and indication of a ver 1 or ver 2 motherboard? Thanks.

The Ver2 changed the SATA chip to the newest SIL part ( SI3512 ??)and it
added a BIOS clear jumper.

The Ver2 is the way to go.

A great board!!

JPS

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HammerToe wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 01:01:18 GMT, "jpsga" <knowone@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"I try" <cadss2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:2edb13f7.0411040820.64ae5fa5@posting.google.com...
>>> I've seen two different versions of this board. One has a fan on the
>>> Nvidia chip and the other has a larger heat sink w/o a fan. Is there
>>> any other diffence between the two boards? Which is better? Is this
>>> and indication of a ver 1 or ver 2 motherboard? Thanks.
>>
>>The Ver2 changed the SATA chip to the newest SIL part ( SI3512 ??)and it
>>added a BIOS clear jumper.
>>
>>The Ver2 is the way to go.
>>
>>A great board!!
>>
>>JPS
>>
> They are (almost certainly, by THIS time) BOTH V2 boards. The V1
> boards and 'early' V2 boards used problem-prone fans on the NB and GB
> seems to have switched to HS's only on the most recent (revs. of) the
> V2 boards.
>
> FYI: above is based on personal experience. I have one of each - a V1
> with fan, (early) V2 with fan and my most recent V2 (purchase) has the
> HS only
>
> Also would like to say that all-in-all, I conside them to be excellent
> boards. 3 of the 5 PCs in my house run these boards and NB fan
> problems aside (BOTH NB fans failed/had to be replaced within 6 months
> or so of use), there have proven to be excellent and 'bang' (ie.
> features) for the buck, they are hard to beat and have proven to be
> very stable.
>
> About the only OTHER complaint(s) I have heard about these (boards
> which does not affect MY use) is poor IDE and SATA RAID perf. - no
> better than non-raid in terms of perf. If that's not important to you,
> I say you'd have a tough time beating this board for the $.$$.

I have a REV2 board with the HS only and the only complain I have with this
board is the high VCore Voltage (1.9V) for an Athlon 3200+. I sent an e-mail
to GigaByte about a week ago about the high VCore voltage and still waiting
on an answer.

Regards,
Horst