On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 09:44:54AM +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> > stay away from any motherboard that has either the via or ali chipsets.
>
> No, I'm not stating a flame war BUT:
>
> Why do you say stay away from VIA?
>
> I use Octek Rhino VIA boards in all my systems. No problems at all. Even got
> DMA66 to run with the kernel patches.
>
> The only board I have really had troubles with are AOpen boards, or more
> specifically the AX59Pro. That does have a VIA chipset as well, so your
> comment is accepted there, but most of the time I think the chipset isn't at
> fault, but the way the motherboard utilises it.
>
> Like I said, I do not want a flame war, but I would like to hear why VIA is
> such a bad beast for you.
I am forced to agree. I use an FIC VA-503+ and an FIC PA-2013 here. They both have VIA
chipsets and I have never had any problems either.
Victor
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