Re: Choice of two boards and CPUs

In article <vekpo19pmp68b7s06470k7ie226i1c435e@xxxxxxx>, justindavid
<justin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I've been running 4 sticks of 1GB Samsung memory on a P4C800E Deluxe
> for a couple of months with no problem. So far the system has been
> very stable but I'm keeping my fingers crossed since this particular
> board appears to be a bit quirky.

I used 4x512 on mine for a short time, but had to put two of the
sticks back in another computer. I've also been blessed with zero
significant quirks. (One irritant is the clicks and pops from the
AC97 codec on the board, and I expect they'll never fix that.
There must be a hardware bug somewhere, either on the Intel side
of the AC97 link, or with the AD1985. The last driver update I did,
helped a bit, but the problem is still there.)

Have you been trying different BIOS versions on the board, to
eliminate the quirks ?

I don't like how overclocking works on the board, and had
way more fun with my A7N8X-E. If you want an example of
fun on the P4C800-E, if you reverse the PS/2 mouse and
keyboard while assembling your system, the computer won't
boot (which is fine) and all your settings will be lost
(which is not fine). I've had to reenter my BIOS settings enough
times, that I'm sick of it. But once everything is set up on
the P4C800-E, it's been behaving itself.

I'm just crossing my fingers that I won't end up with the
"latchup" problem.

Paul
.