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Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid  I'm glad it's fixed, but this is a poor show really by ASUS, not everyone has a spare compatible chip lying around so the BIOS can be flashed... |
Yep... especially because my previous mobo (also an Asus) started showing signs of being on it's way out only after a couple of months of having it.
Anyway, because I can't afford having my PC out of commission for too long, and I needed more sata and USB ports, I decided to go for another motherboard straight away and install that one before taking up the warrantly issue with my old mobo...
Wasn't all too happy when my P5N-E arrived either because there was no heatsink on the southbridge chip (had too add that myself) and the fixings on the northbridge chip were broken so I had to splash out for another cooler for that one. Now I had the nasty experience with the P5K Pro (and I suspect that there are still issues because some of my software doesn't want to work with the new mobo installed) so it's safe to say that my trust in Asus has recently received a major dent...
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Processor(s):
Core 2 Duo E8500 2x3.16Ghz 1333GHz | Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-EP35 DS3R Socket 775 | RAM Memory:
4GB Micron PC-6400 (800Mhz) | Graphics Card(s):
XFX 8600GT 256Mb DDR3 540Mhz |
Sound Card:
Onboard 7.1 Sound | Hard Drive(s):
400GB Samsung / 36GB Raptor (x2) | Optical Drive(s):
Optiarc AD-7200D 20x DVD-RW (x2) | Case / PSU:
Cosmos RC-1000 / Arctic 600W PSU |
Cooling:
Zalman CNPS9700 / Noctura NC-U6 | Network / Internet:
Onboard | Monitor(s):
Samsung 2232BW 22" (x2) | Operating System(s):
Win-XP (SP2) |
26th Jul 2008, 04:04
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