ASROCK all in one.

 >Are the ASROCK all in one motherboards any good?


Recently bought one of these, K7S8XE and after a couple of months is
OK for non-game use. A problem when pushing processor use, seems to
be early cut-off when temperature rises.

Having experienced the problem I did some reading and find that there
is a general problem with ASUS (some) boards regarding the BIOS
protection utility to save CPU from overheating. The feeling seems to
be that it is too sensitive and cuts off prematurely.

I am living with it at the moment and if gaming use increases within
the family I will have to consider better heat/sink fan. I am also
concerned that it may be the Power Supply as I feel very warm air
being expelled, also the PSU is causing the outside of the case to be
warm to the touch, which I have never noticed on other systems.

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 > RedBack wrote:
  >> Are the ASROCK all in one motherboards any good?
  >> I'm thinking of using them for cheap upgrades for non gamers home
  >> users. general office work, internet, vcd/music etc.
  >> (little old ladies
  >> with AMD 2000+ / 3000+ 256/512MB
  >> RedBack
 >
 > it's asus's budget arm: they're fine. they do what they say on the
 > box and seem nice and reliable: what more can you ask for?
 >
 >
 >

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iamaran said this...
 >
 > I agree with Ric H. From my limited experience with them, for general
 > office PCs they're great for the money.


I've built a few budget machines now on the K7S8XE. No problems with DOA
boards so far and they're all running smooth and stable.
I'll use them again.

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Where on the microsoft website can I check for hardware compatibility with
WinXP? I lost the address. Thanks.

"km" <kevin44 DeleteThis @mcgeek.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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 >
  > >Are the ASROCK all in one motherboards any good?
 >
 >
 > Recently bought one of these, K7S8XE and after a couple of months is
 > OK for non-game use. A problem when pushing processor use, seems to
 > be early cut-off when temperature rises.
 >
 > Having experienced the problem I did some reading and find that there
 > is a general problem with ASUS (some) boards regarding the BIOS
 > protection utility to save CPU from overheating. The feeling seems to
 > be that it is too sensitive and cuts off prematurely.
 >
 > I am living with it at the moment and if gaming use increases within
 > the family I will have to consider better heat/sink fan. I am also
 > concerned that it may be the Power Supply as I feel very warm air
 > being expelled, also the PSU is causing the outside of the case to be
 > warm to the touch, which I have never noticed on other systems.
 >
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:43:42 +0800, "blackgold" <blackgold.TakeThisOut@yippee.com>
wrote:

 >Where on the microsoft website can I check for hardware compatibility with
 >WinXP? I lost the address. Thanks.
 >

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prba_dwp_iwpy.asp" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prba_dwp_iwpy.asp</a>

But, that list is no guarantee that any particular hardware will still
work right after any patches, modifications, updates, etc, etc, etc.

More significant might be the driver itself, from the hardware or chipset
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 > Are the ASROCK all in one motherboards any good?

Beware of people making claims on how certain brands are better. I
think many people's opinions are purely and entirely religeous.
Individuals that own brand X, will say that brand X is "usually" good
to go for.
For instance, I have 2 running MSI KT3 mobo's with AMD 2400 and 2600
on it, with zero problems, so I "feel" that MSI is a good brand.

Many people say that a-bit is really good, but I have an a-bit
motherboard that freezes once or twice every day, and it's not the OS
(both Windoze and Linux).
So I "feel" not so good about a-bit.

I've also had an Asus motherboard that all of sudden went completely
dead. So I also "feel" that Asus is possibly not quite as good as
people might suggest, especially because their higher prices. Asrock
is Asus, or at least behind the scenes they have their name all over
it. I think Asus was trying to uphold a status that's more elite than
everyone else, by pricing their products higher. They probably
discovered that people don't really give a good *&&^ anymore, because
likely just about every cheap Chinese motherboard works perfectly,
MSI, ECS, Asrock, whatever. Asus is losing sales, and they decided to
try the other end of the scale under a different name: Asrock.

What is of interest, is that I found a number of people that have
assembled an actual, but small quantity of systems using the Asrock
motherboard, and all say that they have not had any problems. For me
that's enough that I will give it a shot. I saw a price for a brand
new 3 in 1 Asrock motherboard for $75 (Canadian). If it doesn't work
right, I'll just replace it with my "trusty" MSI. So, my $0.02: go
for it.

Ofcourse, some individuals respond that "you're better off spending
more money on a 'real' motherboard". I don't think that is useful
feedback. I really think that those individuals are the ones that own
1 new system at the time, and upgrade once every 2 years. Their
"other" systems were simply their previously enjoyed systems.
Feedback from them will tend to be biased and skewed.


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Right you are.

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 > RedBack <spider.TakeThisOut@web.net> wrote in message
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  > > Are the ASROCK all in one motherboards any good?
 >
 > Beware of people making claims on how certain brands are better. I
 > think many people's opinions are purely and entirely religeous.
 > Individuals that own brand X, will say that brand X is "usually" good
 > to go for.
 > For instance, I have 2 running MSI KT3 mobo's with AMD 2400 and 2600
 > on it, with zero problems, so I "feel" that MSI is a good brand.
 >
 > Many people say that a-bit is really good, but I have an a-bit
 > motherboard that freezes once or twice every day, and it's not the OS
 > (both Windoze and Linux).
 > So I "feel" not so good about a-bit.
 >
 > I've also had an Asus motherboard that all of sudden went completely
 > dead. So I also "feel" that Asus is possibly not quite as good as
 > people might suggest, especially because their higher prices. Asrock
 > is Asus, or at least behind the scenes they have their name all over
 > it. I think Asus was trying to uphold a status that's more elite than
 > everyone else, by pricing their products higher. They probably
 > discovered that people don't really give a good *&&^ anymore, because
 > likely just about every cheap Chinese motherboard works perfectly,
 > MSI, ECS, Asrock, whatever. Asus is losing sales, and they decided to
 > try the other end of the scale under a different name: Asrock.
 >
 > What is of interest, is that I found a number of people that have
 > assembled an actual, but small quantity of systems using the Asrock
 > motherboard, and all say that they have not had any problems. For me
 > that's enough that I will give it a shot. I saw a price for a brand
 > new 3 in 1 Asrock motherboard for $75 (Canadian). If it doesn't work
 > right, I'll just replace it with my "trusty" MSI. So, my $0.02: go
 > for it.
 >
 > Ofcourse, some individuals respond that "you're better off spending
 > more money on a 'real' motherboard". I don't think that is useful
 > feedback. I really think that those individuals are the ones that own
 > 1 new system at the time, and upgrade once every 2 years. Their
 > "other" systems were simply their previously enjoyed systems.
 > Feedback from them will tend to be biased and skewed.
 >
 >
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