MSI DDR boads and question

[moosedick]

I heard something that on MSI DDR mobos, something has to be moved and sodered on somewhere else, or something like that. Does anyone know?

[SickBoy]

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On the MSI K7T266, some revisions have a resistor in one place and others have it in another.... one revision was more stable and the other one was faster. I think the official verdict is neither is particularly great. There also were rumors of a Turbo BIOS for it and differing performance on some revisions..... the K7T266 board was a troubled board, it came under a lot of fire because it was the first of a disappointing sub-par KT266 board series. A lot of companies put off releasing KT266 boards because of the bad taste this one left in people's mouths.

If you already have it.... I don't know what to say. I dont know that moving a resistor will help. If you're thinking about buying this board.... I'd suggest steering clear and either waiting for a decent KT266A offering, or going with a Shuttle AK31 rev 2 or an Epox 8KHA.

SickBoy