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- Jan 15, 2001
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- Denver, CO
Aside from Guatam that is... I'm having major issues with my 3200+ DTR and I'm about to get rid of it for a regular desktop version. I wanted to bounce some ideas/comments around and see if anyone else has something to say. I first paired the chip with the GB K8N pro. It was a real flaky setup. It took me a half dozen power cycles, resets, insert key held, etc just to get it to post most of the time. Rarely it would fire up normally like most boards. I couldn't reboot the machine without having to babysit it - reset, power off and on, hold insert, etc. I finally got fed up and ordered one of the new Abit K8V Pros. I hoped it would behave a little better. Well got it all hooked up tonight and it will not even post - not once. I've cleared the cmos over and over, swapped out ram, video cards, removed and replaced the cpu, yadda yadda, etc etc. It flat out does nothing. So here's my thinking - these boards must be having a hard time because they don't recognize the cpu string - sound reasonable? The A64 platform can't be this bad most of the time I hope. I was about to sell all of it lock stock and barrell, but I think I'll get a regular desktop chip and see if this mobo will act normal that way. Any thoughts about this? Of course the way my luck has been going I'll get a new chip and it will turn out to be a bad board. Doesn't explain why the GB board acted so retarted though.