A7V600 experiences?

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Anyone on here own this motherboard, or have installed a few?

Just curious, have an opportunity for an upgrade and the last time I bought
an Asus (A7V333) over a year and a half ago, it gave me nothing but trouble.
Several replacements later, it sits in a box in the garage, while the exact
same components I was using with it have been working flawlessly with
another vendor's board.

I've owned other Asus motherboards, and the A7V333 experience, as I like to
call it, has been unique. None of the other Asus models I have owned have
ever needed replacement.

In further defense of Asus, I have an ANCIENT P2B downstairs that just will
not die. I'm not sure how old it is, but I will tell you that it is older
than 2 out of my 3 children! <G>

Thanks in advance.

<granpappy voice> They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
 
When I first threw my A7V333 whatsit together I had a devil of a job trying
to just plaster a coat of Win XP Pro (Corp) onto the damned hard drive.
When this caper happens, the problem is usually 99% RAM and 1% dodgy CD Rom
drive. A quick swap to a Sony burner I had just fitted into the Duron
powered unit I was replacing proved it not to be the CD Rom drive.

This brought me into the realm of which brand of RAM does the A7V333 board
fancy. Generic RAM turned out to be a joke with this board and confused the
hell out of me because I have been putting computers together for friends
for yonks, though this was the first board that used DDR that I had played
with. Problem was solved with a pair of single sided sticks of Kingston RAM
strategically placed. Fussy bugger of a board.
The other problem here is that Win XPee isn`t tolerant of dodgy RAM either.
OK, live and learn.
This computer has worked faultlessly ever since.

As for the A7V600 I put together, I went for Kingston RAM first off and did
not have any problems whatsoever.
I have noticed in some of the ASUS users poasts that some of the guys have
the odd problem with even some of the most expensive RAM you can buy, but I
think that is more of a "bad batch" thing.
I can`t speak for other brands of motherboards but the ASUS range sure seem
to be picky on what RAM you stick into them and where you stick it.

I too, have never had to return an ASUS board and I still use the old ASUS
powered P3 unit I bought years ago for data storage only. Probably will feel
like a loss in the family if it ever dies on me.
For all I know, there might be better boards out there but with the run I
have enjoyed with ASUS, I see no reason to change.
Cheers.
 
I`ve had one for about four months & it seems to be much better and more
stable than the Asus A7V333 that I had
Chuck
 
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