> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Anderson [SMTP:grooveee@OPTUSHOME.COM.AU]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:24 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [PC]: PC mother board recommendation
>
> Just for reference I have an ECS group K7S5A
> I personally would reccomend people *don't* buy this motherboard.
> I had no end of problems with it, turns out it is verry verry picky about
> its ram and power supply. Beware.
>
>
Moved to OT.

The best things about the K7S5A is that there is a huge amount of support
for it, and when it works, it works well.  However, it does seem quite fussy
in some people systems, particularly with regard to PSU's.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/ has many of the answers.

Mike


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