I am considering replacing my P-II 266 with an Athlon 600, which means a new motherboard. After reading posts in here about VIA chipset boards versus AMD chipset boards, and reading the MaximumPC review comparing the MS-6167 against the FIC SD11, I'm convinced the MS-6167 or others using the AMD reference design are a better bet than VIA/AMD chipset hybrids. However, when I search for support info on the Micro-Star website, I see alot of support issues stemming from memory induced conflicts. The standard answer given is to update the BIOS to 1.5, but we have no idea whether that actually helped the person's problem (usually a very serious one, like being unable to boot).
So I am here for another opinion on MS-6167. Maximum PC tested it with Crucial Memory only. I have 192MB of PC100 RAM but it isn't brand name, and I'm not going to spend the dough on replacing all of that RAM.
If this motherboard/CPU is going to be really picky about RAM types, I'm going to get a faster Pentium II or III.
What can you MS6167 owners say about memory compatibility?
So I am here for another opinion on MS-6167. Maximum PC tested it with Crucial Memory only. I have 192MB of PC100 RAM but it isn't brand name, and I'm not going to spend the dough on replacing all of that RAM.
If this motherboard/CPU is going to be really picky about RAM types, I'm going to get a faster Pentium II or III.
What can you MS6167 owners say about memory compatibility?
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