Yes, VIA has a very uneven track record. I've never heard of ECS, so i can't comment on them. I know that Intel makes decent boards, although nothing stellar. I've always had good results from Tyan.
--- Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am going to be building me a new PC here soon and I was wondering if > anyone out there has some advice on which motherboards and/or chipsets > that should be avoided or cause problems. I am hoping to get a P4 or > AMD XP with a low end clock speed so I have the option to plug a > higher powered chip in it later. > > A google search revealed some issues about ECS(?) motherboards and I > think I've heard that the VIA chipset can be troublesome. > > I wanted to hear from some of you all, who's opinions I value, on your > own experiences good or bad with motherboards and chipsets. Which > ones to look at and which to avoid all together. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
