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Hello, All!

I'm interested in getting a 939 socket m/b and an Athlon64 3000+. I've
always been an Asus m/b person, but thought I would at least test the waters
on views of the Asus vs. other m/b's. Any views on 'best' of these three
manufactures for socket 939?

Thanks.

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com



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Try these links:

http://www.hexus.net/content/revie [...] 9JRD0xMDA5
http://www20.tomshardware.com/moth [...] index.html
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2358

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"Colonel Blip" <colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, All!
>
> I'm interested in getting a 939 socket m/b and an Athlon64 3000+. I've
> always been an Asus m/b person, but thought I would at least test the
waters
> on views of the Asus vs. other m/b's. Any views on 'best' of these three
> manufactures for socket 939?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Colonel Blip.
> E-mail: colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com
>
>
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I would never ever use anything by Gigabyte again. IMHO their products are
of inferior design and their technical support is so poor that it is hard to
believe they get away with it.

Jon

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"FG" <personne@videotron.cam> wrote in message
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> Are you sure you have used the correct BIOS settings ?
>
> Could it be a software problem ? Have you tried repairing
> Windows, if that is the system you use ?
>

This only happened when I upgraded my motherboard and processor. At first I
had WinXP64 on it and thought that might be the problem. So I took that off
and installed my own Win XP Home (after a reformat) and the problem
persisted.
I have uninstalled all the drivers and reinstalled again to be met by the
same problem. Could it be a power supply problem?

I have the BIOS settings changed and changed back, even using the BIOS's
Optimized settings.

Scott

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"Larry Gagnon" <lagagnon@fakeuniserve.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:54:14 +0000, Scott wrote:
>
> Scott: what you describe does NOT sound like a hardware problem at all. I
> would suggest you either have a serious malware problem (spyware, virus
> etc) or your Windows system needs repair. If it were hardware related your
> system would likely never get to booting the OS, freeze completely or
> reboot. I certainly wouldn't blame Gigbyte!
>
> Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech

Agreed, probable driver or malware problem.

Jon.

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Getting back to the question at hand, it is necessary that you decide what
your upgrades are going to be. If you are looking at the Nvidia Chipset with
a 939 pin CPU them the highest rated motherboards on the market are the MSI
and DFI brands. If you intend on staying with the Via Chipset then both the
Asus and Abit motherboards are rated very high, and will still be able to
use AGP video cards.

Be careful, because in the 939 pin selection of motherboards there are the
new SLI boards which will require an upgrade to the new PCI-Express Video
Cards which are not cheap.

I currently have the Asus A8V Deluxe Revision 2.0 with an AMD 64 3500+
Winchester CPU and I am very pleased with it. Installation was easy and I
currently have it overclocked to 2419 mhz (10% Overclock) with auto
settings. It is rock stable and I didn't have to upgrade my ATI Graphics
Card to PCI-E as previously stated.

Read the latest reviews on this matter at the following address:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128
It will help you decide which route to take.
Good luck and happy shopping!

"Colonel Blip" <colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, All!
>
> I'm interested in getting a 939 socket m/b and an Athlon64 3000+. I've
> always been an Asus m/b person, but thought I would at least test the
> waters
> on views of the Asus vs. other m/b's. Any views on 'best' of these three
> manufactures for socket 939?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Colonel Blip.
> E-mail: colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com
>
>
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Hello, BananaOfTheNight!
You wrote on Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:19:50 +0000:

Thanks. I'll check these out.

ColBlip.
E-mail: colonel.blip@nospampleasebigfoot.com

B> Try these links:

B> http://www.hexus.net/content/revie [...] 9JRD0xMDA5
B> http://www20.tomshardware.com/moth [...] index.html
B> http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2358



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Hello, Roy!
You wrote on Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:38:24 GMT:

Thanks. I'll take a look at the site. Definitely have no intention of
replacing my AGP at this time which is why I was considering the A8V Deluxe.

ColBlip.
E-mail: colonel.blip@nospampleasebigfoot.com

R> Getting back to the question at hand, it is necessary that you decide
R> what your upgrades are going to be. If you are looking at the Nvidia
R> Chipset with a 939 pin CPU them the highest rated motherboards on the
R> market are the MSI and DFI brands. If you intend on staying with the Via
R> Chipset then both the Asus and Abit motherboards are rated very high,
R> and will still be able to use AGP video cards.

R> Be careful, because in the 939 pin selection of motherboards there are
R> the new SLI boards which will require an upgrade to the new PCI-Express
R> Video Cards which are not cheap.

R> I currently have the Asus A8V Deluxe Revision 2.0 with an AMD 64 3500+
R> Winchester CPU and I am very pleased with it. Installation was easy and
R> I currently have it overclocked to 2419 mhz (10% Overclock) with auto
R> settings. It is rock stable and I didn't have to upgrade my ATI Graphics
R> Card to PCI-E as previously stated.

R> Read the latest reviews on this matter at the following address:
R> http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128
R> It will help you decide which route to take.
R> Good luck and happy shopping!

R> "Colonel Blip" <colonel.blip@removethespambigfoot.com> wrote in message
R> news:423ec54a$1_2@127.0.0.1...
??>> Hello, All!
??>>
??>> I'm interested in getting a 939 socket m/b and an Athlon64 3000+. I've
??>> always been an Asus m/b person, but thought I would at least test the
??>> waters
??>> on views of the Asus vs. other m/b's. Any views on 'best' of these
??>> three manufactures for socket 939?
??>>
??>> Thanks.
??>>
??>> Colonel Blip.
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Try a repair install and if that does not work, do a fresh install. Backup
your data first.

What you describe sounds like a software problem, not a motherboard problem.

I would also do a full virus and spyware scan.

- Tim



"Scott" <pawsandclawsremovethis@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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>
> "FG" <personne@videotron.cam> wrote in message
> news:vEB%d.8633$aQ.552907@wagner.videotron.net...
>> Are you sure you have used the correct BIOS settings ?
>>
>> Could it be a software problem ? Have you tried repairing
>> Windows, if that is the system you use ?
>>
>
> This only happened when I upgraded my motherboard and processor. At first
> I had WinXP64 on it and thought that might be the problem. So I took that
> off and installed my own Win XP Home (after a reformat) and the problem
> persisted.
> I have uninstalled all the drivers and reinstalled again to be met by the
> same problem. Could it be a power supply problem?
>
> I have the BIOS settings changed and changed back, even using the BIOS's
> Optimized settings.
>
> Scott
>

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:56:24 -0600, Colonel Blip wrote:

> I'm interested in getting a 939 socket m/b and an Athlon64 3000+. I've
> always been an Asus m/b person, but thought I would at least test the waters
> on views of the Asus vs. other m/b's. Any views on 'best' of these three
> manufactures for socket 939?
>
Who makes the board doesn't really matter much. What matters is the
chipset and features the board supports. That's why I bought a Jetway
board for the A64 over a year ago and I'm still happy with it today.

--
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My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php
Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm

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"Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in

> Who makes the board doesn't really matter much. What matters is the
> chipset and features the board supports. That's why I bought a Jetway
> board for the A64 over a year ago and I'm still happy with it today.

If you're overclocking then it matters. Some boards barely overclock, some
go whole hog, with the same chipset.


--
Ed Light

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:30:44 -0800, "Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there>
wrote:

>
>"Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in
>
>> Who makes the board doesn't really matter much. What matters is the
>> chipset and features the board supports. That's why I bought a Jetway
>> board for the A64 over a year ago and I'm still happy with it today.
>
>If you're overclocking then it matters. Some boards barely overclock, some
>go whole hog, with the same chipset.

Ya I noticed DFI seems to be getting some good OCing reviews lately...
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=g [...] ticID=305)
The DFI will run very stable at 300 x 8 using TCCD 512x2 @1T, achieving
300 x 9 with simple air-cooling credits to how well the BIOS, memory
controller and the quality of this board to work in concert with each
other. This board is simply splendid in reaching the best possible
performance.

Ed

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:30:44 -0800, Ed Light wrote:

>
> "Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in
>
>> Who makes the board doesn't really matter much. What matters is the
>> chipset and features the board supports. That's why I bought a Jetway
>> board for the A64 over a year ago and I'm still happy with it today.
>
> If you're overclocking then it matters. Some boards barely overclock, some
> go whole hog, with the same chipset.

I consider that as part of the features.

--
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My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php
Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm

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"Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news1nheu$vkv$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Try a repair install and if that does not work, do a fresh install. Backup
> your data first.
>
> What you describe sounds like a software problem, not a motherboard
> problem.
>
> I would also do a full virus and spyware scan.
>
> - Tim
>
>

I'll do just that. Will report back.

Scott

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