[NTLUG:Discuss] Motherboard for AMD Sempron 2800+ and 184-pin DDR RAM

[Kevin E. Ivey]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> Kevin E. Ivey wrote:
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>>Leroy Tennison wrote:
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>>>I've almost had it with the VIA motherboard I shouldn't have purchased 
>>>for use with Linux.  I'd like to re-use the CPU and RAM  (Corsair brand 
>>>VS512MB400C3) so I'm looking for a motherboard which will use them. 
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>>Find the ECS model that supports your CPU and RAM and all is well...
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> 
> WAIT! I remember that it was all ECS motherboards AND all VIA chipsets 
> that are to be avoided!  ECS bad, BAD!  VIA bad, BAD!  Don't use it -- 
> wouldn't be prudent!! 
> 
> NVIDIA good, ABIT good!
> 
> Issues: 
> 
> * ECS motherboards are inexpensive because they are cheep.  cheep = 
> failures.  If you want an ECS mobo, I have several dead ones you can have.
> * A recent rash of ASUS (and/or/may any via chipset)  mobos have a 
> voltage problem due to a bad run of taiwanese capacitors.   This can 
> show itself with SATA drives having 'issues'
> 
> That's what I remember, anyway.
> 
Get the ECS board with a SiS chipset and it just works...

I have had no problem with ECS boards and have several running now.  I 
prefer SIS chipsets and ECS gives me what I want.

My laptop and four home PCs all run with no problems.  I have Athlon, 
Athlon64 and Athlo Dual Core systems running with various versions of 
the 700- series SIS chipsets.

They are cheap, but work just as well as the overpriced ones I have also 
bought from Fry's and Tiger Direct...

YMMV,

Kevin