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    Do I need to RMA this motherboard?

    Update: The new motherboard has the same problem. Apparently this board has problems with writing to optical drives in PATA mode. Solution: I ordered a SATA writer and bingo, worked!
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    Biostar 965 PT

    You can try this link: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1172011974 Hope it works for you.
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    question for TForce P965pt owners

    Doomguy: thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and unfortunately nothing has changed. I have posted a thread of my problem here http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=2010020 I think I am going to end up RMA'ing the MB :( Quest: Were you able to test the suspected...
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    Do I need to RMA this motherboard?

    Ok I tried Taiyo Yuden media, the burner still hangs up at the lead-in. Also his media works fine in my computer. I also tried uninstalling nero, removing cd-rom drivers, reinstalling drivers from VIA's website, reinstalling nero, same result.. I am going to RMA the board tomorrow if I cant fix...
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    Do I need to RMA this motherboard?

    The disks were Ricoh 16x that he was using, I had though of that, although I will try some of my Taiyo Yuden disks and see if anything changes. As for RAM I did try running Orthos and it ran for 30 min without problems (making sure cpu wasnt overheating-- that cpu heats the whole room lol). Also...
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    Widescreen LCD or 4:3? Advice appreciated!

    Hello, I am running a 21" Trinitron CRT at the moment. After building a system for a friend I fell in love with widescreen LCD's. They are so nice and bright and sharp, and watching movies is better in native widescreen( I always watch the widescreen versions even on my CRT). Going back to the...
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    Do I need to RMA this motherboard?

    Hello everyone, I have been building systems for a while now and recently built one for a friend of mine. I brought it over to his house and set it up. He tried to burn a DVD and Nero would sit at 1% forever. The system consists of the following: Biostar Tforce 965pt MB, 1Gb Crucial PC5300...
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    question for TForce P965pt owners

    Hello, You mentioned dvd burner problems. I recently put together a system with this motherboard for a friend of mine and his dvd burner would not work either. I tried using my burner and the system would burn, but the error rates were through the roof. I have been putting together systems for...