[mdlug] System Build Saga

[David Lane]

Are you using the Stock Intel (if it is intel) cooling fan. Because in this build I baught a diffetent cpu fan.  And will replace all the other stock Intel fans because they dont always snap all the way then later it wiggles loose and you are suffering heat shutdowns.
   
  David 

Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:
  Personally, I prefer ASUS and maybe MSI products.

My current "main rig" originally had an MSI board. They did a piss-poor 
job of designing the cooling system on the mainboard. I was suffering 
from a series of heat related shutdowns. In the end, it turned out that 
the entire problem was related to the Northbridge chip overheating 
something fierce.

Right now, I have the extra guts to rebuild a second PC. I just need to 
fabricate or replace the entire mainboard chip cooling system to have it 
run properly...

The ASUS Board I replaced it with has been operating awesomely.

-Rob


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:[mdlug] System Build Saga
From: David Lane 
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list 
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:54:10 AM
> Now I'm a fan of MSI ans ASUS (This is the only mother board that has 
> the nifty little sticker you can put in the front of your case. LOL)
>
> */"Morris, Tim" /* wrote:
>
> 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
> 
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *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 /* 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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