New home for G400, advice needed

[Mark F]

I'm thinking of replaceing my VIA133A board, with a i815E. If all goes well I may even trade out on one of the BX boards, but the VIA is definate. The ASUS is looking good, seen (only) report of a problem with the G400, so that sounds somewhat encourageing. My BXs are all AOPEN, and very stable systems, so there is some call for loyalty there. Any advice from the peanut gallery? Any personal exeriances with i815s?

Thanks in advance,
Mark F.

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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movie

[Mark F]

Thanks Jeff, I saw that after I posted here. BoyWonder seems to like the ASUS, looks like I'm leaning even more in it's direction. No wonder they are harder to find than the ABIT's.

Any more input is appeciated,
especially first hand experiance with G400s,
Mark F.

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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movie

[Sisyfos]

I've had no problems accountable to the G400 on this board. The CUSL2 bios needs to mature a bit though.

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PIII750(cB0)1.85v@1005 cooled by GORB on CUSL2, 2x128MB Apacer 133 Cas2, Hitachi CM813ET on G400Max, 2xIBM DPTA 372050, HP 9110i, Pioneer 104S, SBLive, SpeedStream 3010 and Aopen HQ08 300W PSU.

[Maggi]

Hi Mark,

no advice from me, only the note that all ASUS boards I had to deal with, were very solid and had no real issues.

I admit though that all those were BX boards.

I think if you headed for ASUS, you won't be disappointed.

Cheers,
Maggi

[Jeff]

Check this link, AmandTech did a roundup on i815 boards.

JP
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1291

[Mark F]

Sisyfos other than the confusion with the 64MB AGP aperature and it's settings in the BIOS, anything else worth mentioning? And watch out for Finns with big knives

Thanx,
Mark F.


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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movie