Bozo
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I have been eye-balling the MSI Sandy Bridge motherboards and was wondering what everone thought about MSI.
MSI motherboards
- Thread starter Bozo
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Mid-level. Moderate failure rate, moderate support.
1. Gigabyte
2. Intel
3. ASUS
4. The rest
1. Gigabyte
2. Intel
3. ASUS
4. The rest
Stereodude
Not really a
FWIW, my Gigabyte SB board is garbage. I'm greeted by this screen every time I turn it on no matter what the settings.
After I go into the BIOS fix the settings and warm boot it, it generally boots okay. I've tried several BIOS revision and they all have had problems cold booting. I can't wait to swap it out for a B3 stepping model. I'm hoping the B3 stepping version is better.
After I go into the BIOS fix the settings and warm boot it, it generally boots okay. I've tried several BIOS revision and they all have had problems cold booting. I can't wait to swap it out for a B3 stepping model. I'm hoping the B3 stepping version is better.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I've seen issues like that from having a motherboard short I didn't notice.
MSI motherboards: I've not had good luck with them. Lots of in-warranty failures that I didn't bother to replace.
MSI motherboards: I've not had good luck with them. Lots of in-warranty failures that I didn't bother to replace.
I've had that from 3 things.
1. Grounded board (as merc said)
2. RAM with invalid SPD settings
3. Insufficient power supply
1. Grounded board (as merc said)
2. RAM with invalid SPD settings
3. Insufficient power supply
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I think we can rule out "insufficience" for the power supply. Sandy Bridge, at idle and at stock frequency, doesn't consume much electricity. The only thing I could see related to the power supply would be if the system wouldn't need enought juice on start-up. Some power supplies have issues starting with too little wattage.
Bozo
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Maybe one of the power supply voltages is low?