M2A-VM

Thanks Rob, the information was very useful, but I was hoping someone
who has this board would respond.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:13:59 -0400, "RobV" <robert DeleteThis @nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

>Sandman wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
>> kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
>> MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667
>
>http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=1
>
>http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=2
>
>
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Sandman wrote:
> Thanks Rob, the information was very useful, but I was hoping someone
> who has this board would respond.

I thought that was what you wanted, but it couldn't hurt to post the
links.

I hope someone shows up, but this NG has been nearly dead lately.

Good luck!


>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:13:59 -0400, "RobV" <robert.RemoveThis@nowhere.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> Sandman wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
>>> kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
>>> MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667
>>
>> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=1
>>
>> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=2
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Thanks

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:21:26 -0400, "RobV" <robert RemoveThis @nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

>Sandman wrote:
>> Thanks Rob, the information was very useful, but I was hoping someone
>> who has this board would respond.
>
>I thought that was what you wanted, but it couldn't hurt to post the
>links.
>
>I hope someone shows up, but this NG has been nearly dead lately.
>
>Good luck!
>
>
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:13:59 -0400, "RobV" <robert RemoveThis @nowhere.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sandman wrote:
>>>> Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
>>>> kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
>>>> MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667
>>>
>>> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=1
>>>
>>> http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1568&modelmenu=2
>
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:51:20 -0400, Sandman <sandmanwv.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
>kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
>MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667

I picked up this board in mid June -- the price was right for board,
cpu (dual 64/4400+) and ram (4GB OCZ-ddr800) + P/S. I wish I'd held
out for a little more cpu! I do some processor intensive photo editing
using a program that hogs cpu+ram, still a bit slow.

The board is pretty good, fairly limited options -- only one IDE
controller, so I have a pile of legacy drives and need to get a card.
The onboard video works ok, but has some driver issues in Vista --
bands, white screen, digital dropout etc. The DVI output is digital
only, or analog over digital when analog is called for so my monitor
is black or corrupt when looking at pure dos screens such as BIOS!,
boot screens, etc. I have to unhook the digital cable and hook up the
VGA to see / work in such modes.... :*(

There are a few over-clocking options, but I'd rather just slightly
bump performance and hold out for stability and error free ops -- I
really can't have anything corrupt, don't want to reload OS, etc.

I bet there's a cure for this, but I haven't seen it yet: any disk on
the IDE controller is automatically considered C:\, or the primary
disk, when installing a windows OS, so when I put one on the first
SATA drive, it's always listed as D:\. Don't know if this is true
with Linux yet. When I added a second IDE drive, my SATA windows
install, on primary + active partition 1 suddenly was considered to be
on disk 2 (of disks: 0, 1, 2), so it wouldn't boot till I rewrote the
boot.ini That reduces flexibility a lot. I did set the boot order in
BIOS, but that seems only to affect where the boot-loader is look for.

Overall, I'd say there are a few compromises, and I wish there was a
little more flexibility and capability built into this board, but not
bad for about $54.00US.

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I have had this board for a couple of weeks and so far so good! Thanks
for the input.

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:16 -0400, nnnooossspppaaammm RemoveThis @nospam.org
wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:51:20 -0400, Sandman <sandmanwv RemoveThis @hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
>>kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
>>MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667
>
>I picked up this board in mid June -- the price was right for board,
>cpu (dual 64/4400+) and ram (4GB OCZ-ddr800) + P/S. I wish I'd held
>out for a little more cpu! I do some processor intensive photo editing
>using a program that hogs cpu+ram, still a bit slow.
>
>The board is pretty good, fairly limited options -- only one IDE
>controller, so I have a pile of legacy drives and need to get a card.
>The onboard video works ok, but has some driver issues in Vista --
>bands, white screen, digital dropout etc. The DVI output is digital
>only, or analog over digital when analog is called for so my monitor
>is black or corrupt when looking at pure dos screens such as BIOS!,
>boot screens, etc. I have to unhook the digital cable and hook up the
>VGA to see / work in such modes.... :*(
>
>There are a few over-clocking options, but I'd rather just slightly
>bump performance and hold out for stability and error free ops -- I
>really can't have anything corrupt, don't want to reload OS, etc.
>
>I bet there's a cure for this, but I haven't seen it yet: any disk on
>the IDE controller is automatically considered C:\, or the primary
>disk, when installing a windows OS, so when I put one on the first
>SATA drive, it's always listed as D:\. Don't know if this is true
>with Linux yet. When I added a second IDE drive, my SATA windows
>install, on primary + active partition 1 suddenly was considered to be
>on disk 2 (of disks: 0, 1, 2), so it wouldn't boot till I rewrote the
>boot.ini That reduces flexibility a lot. I did set the boot order in
>BIOS, but that seems only to affect where the boot-loader is look for.
>
>Overall, I'd say there are a few compromises, and I wish there was a
>little more flexibility and capability built into this board, but not
>bad for about $54.00US.
>
>/..
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On Jul 25, 11:10 pm, sandma... RemoveThis @hotmail.net wrote:
> I have had this board for a couple of weeks and so far so good! Thanks
> for the input.
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:16 -0400, nnnooossspppaaa... RemoveThis @nospam.org
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:51:20 -0400, Sandman <sandma... RemoveThis @hotmail.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>Can anyone tell me anything about this MB? I just bought a barebones
> >>kit with this MB in it with an AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ - WINDSOR and
> >>MWAVE 2GB DDR2 667
>
> >I picked up this board in mid June -- the price was right for board,
> >cpu (dual 64/4400+) and ram (4GB OCZ-ddr800) + P/S. I wish I'd held
> >out for a little more cpu! I do some processor intensive photo editing
> >using a program that hogs cpu+ram, still a bit slow.
>
> >The board is pretty good, fairly limited options -- only one IDE
> >controller, so I have a pile of legacy drives and need to get a card.
> >The onboard video works ok, but has some driver issues in Vista --
> >bands, white screen, digital dropout etc. The DVI output is digital
> >only, or analog over digital when analog is called for so my monitor
> >is black or corrupt when looking at pure dos screens such as BIOS!,
> >boot screens, etc. I have to unhook the digital cable and hook up the
> >VGA to see / work in such modes.... :*(
>
> >There are a few over-clocking options, but I'd rather just slightly
> >bump performance and hold out for stability and error free ops -- I
> >really can't have anything corrupt, don't want to reload OS, etc.
>
> >I bet there's a cure for this, but I haven't seen it yet: any disk on
> >the IDE controller is automatically considered C:\, or the primary
> >disk, when installing a windows OS, so when I put one on the first
> >SATA drive, it's always listed as D:\. Don't know if this is true
> >with Linux yet. When I added a second IDE drive, my SATA windows
> >install, on primary + active partition 1 suddenly was considered to be
> >on disk 2 (of disks: 0, 1, 2), so it wouldn't boot till I rewrote the
> >boot.ini That reduces flexibility a lot. I did set the boot order in
> >BIOS, but that seems only to affect where the boot-loader is look for.
>
> >Overall, I'd say there are a few compromises, and I wish there was a
> >little more flexibility and capability built into this board, but not
> >bad for about $54.00US.
>
> >/..

hahah yah i got that exact same problem, except mine was F:\ drive
because the IDE hd was partitioned... all i did was install windows
onto the SATA hd with the IDE hd unplugged and then installed the ide
hd afterwards and everything was all good...

other than that all around great motherboard for the price, ive got my
Athlon X2 4000+ 2.1ghz overclocked to 2.31ghz with all voltage
settings on auto cause i don't know how to mess with those..either way
its not meant to be an overclocking board so a 10% increase is good
for me... while playing f.e.a.r with fraps on i noticed 7-9FPS
increase from the overclock... same goes for colin mcrae rally 2005...
which isn;t bad, but if u really wanna put the resolution up or detail
levels, you will definately need a video card, even a cheap one will
put the built in one to shame. anyone looking to buy this board it is
well worth the money..
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