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Well, after dramas with my ASUS TUSL2-C I've been talking to friends who are local resellers. It appears some local wholesalers are moving away from ASUS boards because of returns due to unreliability. My own board will be away for:

(a) 6-8 weeks on warranty claim.
(b) 4-6 weeks on warranty claim.
(c) 2-4 weeks on warranty claim
(d) Back in two weeks

depending on who I talk to. Now I'm totally confused.

I'm considering upgrading to a genuine Intel board, (865 Perll) Intel P4 2.6 (800mhz) processor, and Intel "approved" ram for this motherboard( 1G of Kingston DDR 400 probably).

Should I avoid a board with LAN? Any other comments?

Warm regards

Mikka



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Mikka on 2003-07-09 21:45 ]</font>

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I think this would be a good board, and a board with lan is ot really a problem, mine as it, and i'm happy that it's onboard.

No problem with it, i use it for internet, i don't need to install anything else. Just plugNpray...

i have had very good results with an intel board.it is stable and there was little setup needed.i think the main attraction about asus boards is that they have nice features bios-wise,especially for an overclocker.the intel boards sacrifice a little(very little)performance for stability.the bios allows few changes.lan doesn't use the pci bus(neither does usb)on the intel 800 series chipsets,so it should be no problem.

Thanks for those comments. I feel better getting some feedback from folks with experience. I think I've known just enough to be dangerous.

Correction about LAN and 865/875 chipsets. Only motherboards with Intels gigabyteLAN do not pass the PCI-bus. 100MbLAN and all other manufacturers LAN solutions run thru the PCI-bus. Intel is one of the few motherboard-makers (the only?), who use their own GbLAN on their motherboards - but not on all their motherboards - on some boards they too use 100MbLAN witch passes the PCI-bus.

If I was to upgrade a stationary PC for my Creamware cards, I would chose an Intel motherboard for this very reason - and because it does not use a fan to cool the north bridge.

thanks for the clarification.

Thanks again for that info. This is all very helpful. I see some of the configurations available for this board use the 10/100 Lan and only one uses the Gig Lan. I'd better be specific. Thank you..thank you.

Marcuspocus....any suggestions on a site which explains how to set up LAN for the net? I'd heard of it and would like to do it.

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lan for the net?sure,dsl....all you need is a dsl signal,a service provider and a dsl modem(which has the lan connection).same for cable...