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**PrNkStEr** · 20 November 1999, 10:38

I have just got a
BCM/GVC QS750 M/board
AMD k7 700
SB live 1024 Player
and G400 MAX

should that combination work OK

thankz

**Greebe** · 20 November 1999, 21:46

Mrwizard, I'd suggest using the MSI-6167 mb. The K7M is to narrow for a real HS/fan.

PrNkStEr, I'd never reccommend that MB! (icky) Even local resellers here won't push them, though they have them in stock.

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**Od!n** · 21 November 1999, 11:07

Listen here, Greebe!
- The reason why resellers won't recommend the K7M is becasue everyone has been told to keep their mouths shut. ASUS was recently found out by Intel, which gave them a "hint" that if they didn't pull their SlotA board off the market right away, there would be "long delays" in chip shipments from Intel in the future, thus tossing ASUS face down in the mud, financially. This results in both lack of support as well as info on the board beyond the manual from ASUS. This is the second and third reasons why resellers won't recommend them: No official support, and the possibilty that they'll be recalled pretty soon.
Nevertheless, the board is AWESOME. - I've had VERY good experiences with it and have had no signs of instability whatsoever. Au contraire, I'm currently running with a 550mhz O/C'ed to 600 with an internal BUS frequency of 110mhz - completely stable. I'd like to see you do the same with other boards that are in available now.
Unlike the FIC and MSI it runs flawlessly out of the box, without a quarter of a million BIOS updates.

- Odin -

**RoGuE** · 21 November 1999, 11:14

Od!n,
Greebe is referring to the BCM/GVC QS750 motherboard when he says local resellers will not push them, not the Asus K7M.

BTW, the MS-6167 works fine with BIOS 1.0. And it has only been updated once (->1.3).

Also Asus has recently placed the K7M on their web-site. I wonder for how long...

**Nuno** · 21 November 1999, 13:25

To be honest I´m getting a bit tired of those Intel conspiracy teories...

**Sammie** · 21 November 1999, 14:19

I've installed the K7M with a G400 and a SB Live three days ago, works great so far. No conflicts. I've disabled the onboard sound on the k7m, though even with it enabled in the BIOS, I've had no conflicts.

..Sammie.

**Ron** · 21 November 1999, 19:33

**crispy** · 22 November 1999, 02:00

You can fit a plenty large heatsink on a K7M depending what revision you have. If you have board revision 1.02 (the one with the silver heatsink on the voltage regulators) you can even fit an alpha p125 (though it blocks a dimm slot. If you have the newer revision of the board (1.04) the ATX power connector is inbetween the slot A and the dimm slots, but you can still fit a global win FKK50. YOu can fit a FKK32 (the on with 2 Y.S. Tech 27.2 CFM fans) if you move on fan to the top of the heatsink. I recommend millisec.com to get these.

Just some suggestions, because the K7M looks like the best board out right now. You can get it at computerstop.com for $169, and they have a ton in stock.

Chris

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