I reciently switched from an E8400 and Evga 750i FTW SLI to an ASRock Z77 Extreme 3. All I did was switch out the mobo, CPU (to an Ivy Bridge 3570K) and the RAM. The hard drive and everything else remained untouched. Well, for some reason, when I started my new mobo up for the first time, I got an unpassable BSOD loop. I tried using Windows Repair (from the DVD) and system restore, but neither could fix the issue. I tried stipping my computer down to nothing but a single stick of RAM, the CPU and one hard drive. Still no fix. I tried running Windows memtest on both of my sticks of RAM (tested individually in different slots) and both sticks passed. I dont know what the heck could have happened. I went from a fully-functional operating system to a dead stick solely from swapping the mobo and processor, neither of which should have had any affect on the hard drive.
Regardless, being used to Evga's great customer service, after giving up I decided to look up ASRock's phone number. To my surprise, they dont really have any worthwhile technical support it seems.
The moral of the story is that I should have stuck with Evga instead of trying to save a few dollars. With that said, I do like ASRock's BIOS and I am interested to see how the mobo performs once I actually get it functional. But their lack of ability to create a professionally-written manual (their manual looks like it was written by a 7th grader) and lack of real support is not very appealing.
Regardless, being used to Evga's great customer service, after giving up I decided to look up ASRock's phone number. To my surprise, they dont really have any worthwhile technical support it seems.
The moral of the story is that I should have stuck with Evga instead of trying to save a few dollars. With that said, I do like ASRock's BIOS and I am interested to see how the mobo performs once I actually get it functional. But their lack of ability to create a professionally-written manual (their manual looks like it was written by a 7th grader) and lack of real support is not very appealing.