SORRY FOR THE LONG TEXT. Maybe throught this you can at least understand my situation and help give a good recommendation.
Well here goes,
About 3 weeks ago I purchased this system setup:
Processor: 1.2MHz 200 FSB Tbird
Processor Fan: CoolerMaster Fan. The thing rocks bringing the temp to a mere 102 - 105 F
RAM: 256MB DDR 200 FSB
MoBo: Transcend ALR4
Sound: Creative Live 5.1 Platinum
Video: Matrox G450 32MB DDR AGP (i know it isn't the best but the dual head rocks).
Now before I rip apart the ALR4 lemme just say this much. The board looks nice and so does the boot up. Until it freezes, and I am not saying Once in a while... this is an average of 4 times an hour. Randomly at that, the board will freeze during 2000Pro Boot, During a game of Black and White, or when expanding a folder tree in Explorer. Tthis isn't the only time. I ran the maxtor utility to boot and setup the drive (testing to see if it would lock up) and what do you know the SOB didn't work.
I am trying to rule out the possibility of all my components, which Creative, Matrox, and Maxtor have assured me it isn't with them. Since I do plan on exchanging the motherboard, processor, and RAM I would like to hear your opinion on this matter.
I am looking at a Gigabyte GA-7DX, the iWill KA266, and the ABIT KT7A, or exchange for another Transcend ALR4. This is a hard choice and your feedback will help in the decision making process.
Well here goes,
About 3 weeks ago I purchased this system setup:
Processor: 1.2MHz 200 FSB Tbird
Processor Fan: CoolerMaster Fan. The thing rocks bringing the temp to a mere 102 - 105 F
RAM: 256MB DDR 200 FSB
MoBo: Transcend ALR4
Sound: Creative Live 5.1 Platinum
Video: Matrox G450 32MB DDR AGP (i know it isn't the best but the dual head rocks).
Now before I rip apart the ALR4 lemme just say this much. The board looks nice and so does the boot up. Until it freezes, and I am not saying Once in a while... this is an average of 4 times an hour. Randomly at that, the board will freeze during 2000Pro Boot, During a game of Black and White, or when expanding a folder tree in Explorer. Tthis isn't the only time. I ran the maxtor utility to boot and setup the drive (testing to see if it would lock up) and what do you know the SOB didn't work.
I am trying to rule out the possibility of all my components, which Creative, Matrox, and Maxtor have assured me it isn't with them. Since I do plan on exchanging the motherboard, processor, and RAM I would like to hear your opinion on this matter.
I am looking at a Gigabyte GA-7DX, the iWill KA266, and the ABIT KT7A, or exchange for another Transcend ALR4. This is a hard choice and your feedback will help in the decision making process.
