[mdlug] System Build Saga

[Morris, Tim]

Some SATA controllers are a pain in the A**. Some boards have options to
set a SATA controller as an AHCI controller, or to emulate an old IDE
controller. Either of those options (if the board had them) might have
worked in your case. Obviously, setting them to emulate an IDE
controller isn't such a great idea, but from what I can tell the only
thing you lose by setting them to AHCI is the RAID functionality (if it
even has it). I could be wrong...
 
For the record, I don't like ECS boards either. I have had 2, one still
works (although the USB died) and the other died completely after 3
months. But hey, they were cheap.
 
--  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software
 

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From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
Of David Lane
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:30 AM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] System Build Saga


I will admit I misspoke about ECS being an "OFF" Bran.  It looks like it
will be a while until I build another system.  
 
 

Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:

	On 7/10/07, David Lane wrote:
	> Recently there was a sale at an electronics store that when I
bought a
	> certain CPU I got a free mother board, that was the beginning
of my problems.
	>
	> I have built a few (3 to be specific) systems in the so my 4th
build would
	> be a piece of cake. WRONG, the off brand mother board was the
problem. The
	> motherboard that did NOT work was an "ECS" board.
	
	I'm sorry to hear that you had problems, but I must point out
two things:
	
	1. ECS is not an "off" brand. The manufacturer is FIC, the
world's
	largest motherboard maker. They also make the PCChips brand,
among
	others. Just because YOU haven't heard of them doesn't make them
	unknown.
	2. A BIOS update will probably cure the problem-- motherboards,
by
	their very nature, MUST be OS-agnostic, so a board that won't
run
	Linux usually just needs a BIOS re-flash, or simpler still, a
BIOS
	reset-- problems which can happen with ANY brand of mobo,
believe me.
	Did you Google the brand and model, by the way?
	
	-- Mikey
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