Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Eugene Leitl wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > > > > I really hate PC hardware .... more on what we find out about this mess. > > > > Is Asus especially bad about proper hardware versioning, or is this a > > generic tendency nowadays? > > > PC motherboards suck. It's just that simple. They don't have much choice > but to suck -- there's a reason they are so cheap -- they'll change the > entire design to save 5 pennies. But in the PC world if you buy a card > with a part # and version # it can be totally different than the exact > same part # and version # purchased a day later. I really do hate PC > hardware.
I have seen small substitutions like upgrading scsi controller, to a mostly compatible later part. But changing a northbridge wow. Is the northbridge compatible enough that you can setup the memory and handle the differences in C code? I've heard rumors of board counterfitters. I'm almost wondering if part of the problem might be resellers being confused. You don't have to be very bright to sell hardware. Especially if you aren't normally selling to people who can tell if you substiuted one board for another. Ron have you looked at the printing on the motherboard and confirmed the two boards claim to be the same model? Eric
