On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:15:48PM -0600, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> > BLEH ECS MOBO.
> > 
> 
> FYI, The SiS 735 and 745 motherboard are absolutely awesome, this is the
> chipset in use on the ECS motherboards. Reports of them being DOA are
> greatly exaggerated due to the fact that most need a single jumper moved
> for them to POST.
> 
> They're cheap, they're FAST, they're stable.
> 
> 5 PCI, AGP, DDR or SDRAM (nice upgrade path), decent onboard sound, good
> onboard lan.
> 
> Oh yeah, SiS developers actively participate in linux kernel development.

I second that (and thanks Mathew). I have got a similar mobo + a Duron
1.2 GHz in February for $160 and it works great.

florin

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"If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is."

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