Last drop convinces me that ASUS makes nothing but crap

My history with ASUS began with A7V880 motherboard, which would not detect the last ~300MB of RAM out of 2GB installed.

That got me confused into thinking the memory was defective, which it was not. Those 2 sticks of RAM (on the ASUS recommended list) worked fine in a number of different motherboards. The 2 sticks I got as a replacement (not on the ASUS recommended list) behaved exactly same. In the end A7V880 died soon after the warranty period expired - it just stopped POSTing.

I swore to never buy ASUS again, but found myself in a situation where I had to rush purchase a board and ASUS was the only one in stock which satisfied the requirements. That was M4A89GTD-PRO.

Last drop convinces me that ASUS makes nothing but crap

My history with ASUS began with A7V880 motherboard, which would not detect the last ~300MB of RAM out of 2GB installed.

That got me confused into thinking the memory was defective, which it was not. Those 2 sticks of RAM (on the ASUS recommended list) worked fine in a number of different motherboards. The 2 sticks I got as a replacement (not on the ASUS recommended list) behaved exactly same. In the end A7V880 died soon after the warranty period expired - it just stopped POSTing.

I swore to never buy ASUS again, but found myself in a situation where I had to rush purchase a board and ASUS was the only one in stock which satisfied the requirements. That was M4A89GTD-PRO.

What a mistake I've made! That motherboard:

1. Refused to POST if 1) an LCD monitor was attached to its DVI port and 2) previous booting of any OS (Windows or Linux) was interrupted with Reset switch.
2. Froze frequently under Windows 7 64bit and XP 64bit if computer was not in active use and there was no network traffic.
3. Froze frequently during normal use (browsing, reading email and word processing) until I replaced a perfect working 650VA APC UPS with a 1400VA one at the cost of $150.

What dealing with ASUS means is they issue RMA, I have to pay for shipping of the board to them, which is about $20, and wait 6 weeks to get another identical motherboard just to re-test and discover that the issues are still there. Now my troubles cost me the prices of motherboard plus $20 and I refuse to participate in this madness and spend any more money on junk.

Therefore I am buying Gigabyte only from now on, even if I have to mail order and wait. Gigabyte motherboard using the same memory sticks and same CPU works just fine powered thru the old UPS which ASUS did not like. It never froze on me and did not play tricks with the interrupted boot process.

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