Hi,
I finally upgraded my 2.4G Celeron (ASUS m/b) to a Core 2 Duo on a MSI 965 platinum m/b.
I think MSI must have a deal with computer repair shops, because the thing is a nightmare to setup.
The following is my opinion and may not be correct :roll:
There are no USB 2 drivers on the install CD, so the ports are all slow unless you can get google to tell you where to find the right drivers.
The JMicron IDE port is a pain in the butt to setup. DMA won't work without the RAID drivers (apparently???), but there is little info on how to set it up.
If you setup the boot order to 1st) Optical, 2nd) HDD, the startup will stop and ask for a boot CD to be put in the drive, rather than checking and ignoring an empty drive.
I got the m/b to get the onboard firewire, which thankfully works out of the box .
Cheers Steve
I finally upgraded my 2.4G Celeron (ASUS m/b) to a Core 2 Duo on a MSI 965 platinum m/b.
I think MSI must have a deal with computer repair shops, because the thing is a nightmare to setup.
The following is my opinion and may not be correct :roll:
There are no USB 2 drivers on the install CD, so the ports are all slow unless you can get google to tell you where to find the right drivers.
The JMicron IDE port is a pain in the butt to setup. DMA won't work without the RAID drivers (apparently???), but there is little info on how to set it up.
If you setup the boot order to 1st) Optical, 2nd) HDD, the startup will stop and ask for a boot CD to be put in the drive, rather than checking and ignoring an empty drive.
I got the m/b to get the onboard firewire, which thankfully works out of the box .
Cheers Steve