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    Chaintech VNF3-250 CMOS and Post Code Errors

    All Parts are new except HD Chaintech VNF3-250 Mobo AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1 Dimm Mushkin PC3200 DDR Value 512MB ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB WD 40GB HD MGE 350Watt PS (I've tested other PS just in case)
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    Chaintech VNF3-250 CMOS and Post Code Errors

    I bought a Chaintech VNF3-250 because it was inexpensive and highly regarded. My first complaint is that it has possibly the WORST manual I have ever seen! Anyway, I have not been able to get past the initial HD/CD-Rom and Memory tests. Here are the various symptoms I have seen: 1 - "CMOS...
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    Best Inexpensive Athlon 64 Mobo?

    My Athlon XP Mobo is dead and it's time to upgrade! I am getting an Athlon 64 3000+ chip and I am trying to decide on the best motherboard to pair with it. I don't need RAID or firewire options so I was looking at the Chaintech VNF-3 board. I have seen a MSI K8N Neo (non-Platinum) board for...