On Friday 17 December 2010 22:52:30 Jacques Montier wrote: > Le 17/12/2010 21:45, Dale a gentiment tapote: > > -- > Jacques > Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/> > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I > >> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use > >> them so I suspect they are fine. > >> > >> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done > >> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. - > >> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's > >> probably a good candidate. > >> > >> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems > >> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems. > >> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account. > >> > >> Good luck. > >> > >> - Mark > > > > I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash. It will update > > the BIOS without needing a OS. According to the book, you just > > download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12, > > and hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up. It sounds pretty > > easy. I have not done this yet tho. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > Thank you Dale, > > The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0 > Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?
linux was the first OS to have usb3 drivers. I own an Asus and it is crap. Which might be bad luck. But from all I read over the web and all the experiences in my social circles point to Gigabyte boards as the most stable, troubleless boards at the moment, while Asus' quality went down a lot.
