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something fishy...Abit has just showcased 8 new mobos and 7 of them are based on Intel/Pentium chipsets but only one AMD (761 chipset).. that makes you wonder. Another note: there's a big difference between "approved" and "recommended" motherboard. If you think about it, Abit boards are for overclockers and AMD cannot "recommend" an overclocker board, it's just not politically correct. It also seems that none of the raid boards makes the list.
 
In response to zzzz
>> If you don't know what you are doing then Abits not for you.
>> Its not a newbie board. Just buy Dell if you don't want Abit.

Abit boards are for people who don't want to have stable system and always want to fix something and spend more time updating their BIOS than actually using their computer for what it was intended for.
 


<< Abit boards are for people who don't want to have stable system and always want to fix something and spend more time updating their BIOS than actually using their computer for what it was intended for. >>



Now that is a unfound GENERALIZATION if I ever saw one.
 
ok, maybe that was a little much of generalazation, however my personal experiens which consists of the following contributed to my impression of Abit's quality:

I had 4 ABIT boards go on me bad and simply couldn't use computer at all in most of these cases:
1st: all my fan connectors stopped working once of the sudden
2nd: primary IDE channel wouldn't work anymore
3rd: DIMM slots couldn't recognize my SDRAM at all, however that same SDRAM was working fine in another system
4th (and at that time I decided that I had enough with Abit boards): my VP6 board simply couldn't post at all
 
I've built several systems using:
Abit LX-6
Abit BH-6
Abit ZM-6
Abit BM-6
Abit BP-6
Abit KT7
Abit KT7-RAID

and have never had a problem.
 
When an Abit works, it works, but unfortunately, they still have a higher than acceptable percentage that don't. It's called the quality control department sucks!
I bought one a week ago after swearing them off forever. I am not that impressed. Both my 8KTA3 and Iwill KK266 are more stable.
 
My KT7A-RAID is just fine 🙂

But I also don't see Iwill mentioned either, or the latest Asus KT133A board, or the EPox...I could go on and on.
 
Wolfie: Same here 🙂. I've changed MB companies as needed over the years myself... hopefully it will be OK by Summer, otherwise I'll probably go with an Aopen, Iwill, or Asus board 🙂.
 


<< I thought you had trouble with RAID. >>


Not the mobo...one of the hard drives was flaky. And THAT is the one that my dad is getting 🙂
 
&quot;Another note: there's a big difference between &quot;approved&quot; and &quot;recommended&quot; motherboard. If you think about it, Abit boards are for overclockers and AMD cannot &quot;recommend&quot; an overclocker board, it's just not politically correct. It also seems that none of the raid boards makes the list.


This has some validity to it. Since Abit features fully jumperless multiplier/voltage settings, it's very easy for users to unlock their 100mhz FSB(200mhz DDR) TBirds and run them at 133FSB (266mhz FSB). Since other motherboards like MSI and IWill use 133mhz FSB jumpers, normal 100mhz FSB(200mhz DDR) are harder or impossible to overclock. New &quot;C&quot; TBirds are essentially the same chip as 100mhz FSB(200mhz DDR) chips so why would people pay extra $30-40 premium if they can get their normal TBirds to run at 133mhz FSB(266Mhz DDR)? This would make total sense as AMD is trying to protect the sales of their new &quot;C&quot; chip. Since Asus's A7V-133 is capable of overclocking normal Tbirds to 133mhz FSB(266mhz DDR), are they next to get removed off AMD's list? Just a thought...





-jimbo





 
I have built several systems over the past 8 years with Abit boards and the only one that EVER went bad was hit with a major power surge that got to it. Asus is OK but I have read of lots of people having trouble with the socket A boards. I tried Iwill once and had 3 bad boards in a row I will never use them again, I said after that experience the Iwill stood for I will not work. All the MSI people seem to be slowing down their recomendations also as they seem to have several problems, if they sold as many boards as Abit they would really have problems. Overall I think probably most boards are ok if you know what you are doing and USE QUALITY PARTS like good memory, power supplies and the like. Lots of new people building new systems and it takes some experience to get it right but it is fun learning. Other than Iwill most boards are proably fine, I just like Abit because I have had good luck with them.
 


<< All the MSI people seem to be slowing down their recomendations also as they seem to have several problems, if they sold as many boards as Abit they would really have problems. >>



Everyboard has problems however minor show me one board that does not get a Bios update?Anyway my MSI board is working great &amp; I`m 100% happy,as for Abit not being recommended by AMD ,well I`m sure that AMD have there reasons &amp; would not take this decision lightly.There`s too much flaming on board brands &amp; at the end of the day it`s what your happy with that counts not another peoples opinions,there is a market place out there for Asus,MSI,Abit etc &amp; that`s a good thing for everyone.

🙂
 
Abit does make a pretty decent board, however, there is no denying that they also have a pretty high RMA rate. I've used quite a few Abit boards in my systems in the bast and only had to RMA one of em. I didn't agree with the $25 RMA thing, but i needed to get my system back up and running ASAP, so I paid. Will that stip me from buying Abit again? Prolly not, but I will be a bit more wary as to what I purchase

One more thing. You can go in must any forum and hear about Abits RMA rates. There is no denying that they must have shoddy QC
 
i dont think amd wouldve taken abit boards off thier lists because they suck. they dont. sure many people have problems with them, as with any other motherboard. maybe its not the most stable, but it is considered one of the most verstaile overclockers in its class. with all of the features of the abit i would take it off my list if iwere trying to make money off of my new product. i just wonder why they took it off now when the kt7a seems to be having less problems than the original kt7. im guessing that amd didnt like the fact of the overclockability of this board. but then i contradict myself because so many other mobos have many of the same versatility that the kt7a does. who knows, and who cares, so long as my system works, which it does, i dont have a problem with it.

loosbrew
 
Too bad news came too late. I just brought one and install it. Run into so many trouble with it. I got SCSI boot problem, sound problem, shutting down problem. Good thing everything is solve. I should go for Asus at the first place. I checked so many online review, none of them mention those problems.
 
Its all hogwash I have gone through 5 Abit boards and they all worked fine. Abits boards keep getting better and better each time Stability performance and the bashing gets worse I dont get it. the KT7A has gotta be there best board yet. I think alot of people confuse stability of the board with garbage operating system.
 
Well, my KT7A-RAID board has been just fine, it's mostly tweaked up now, no problems. Of course, one board is hardly a statistically valid sample, but still... 🙂
 
Wow the Abit bashing man....I tell ya.

My KT-7raid is humming along just fine, on a 106MHz bus, with memory at 106+pci, with all memory tweaks maxed, and I don't have any unexplained crashes. Seems to me, there has been more people complaining about MSI in the last two months on these forums then Abit.......but thats just one set of eyes...

I give a thumbs up to Abit, after building 5 systems with them, I trust 'em.
 
I think any System you build and with the parts you choose should be taken witha grain of salt. You can never be sure if it will work fine for you.
 
I've had 1 abit BH6 go bad on me. I've used the following without any problems:

2- Abit KA7 socket A's (I'm using one now.)
2- Abit BM6 socket 370's
3- Abit BH6 slot 1's
1- Abit BE6 slot 1

I will continue using them and recommending them.

amish
 
WOW! Thats a really big blow to Abit! I was at one time on the verge of buying one but didn't casue of not getting good grades! So lucky I was held off! I was also at that time looking at Asus too... I am a loyal Asus Fan too, well recently I am about 3 months ago. So lucky I didn't get it!

Albert.
 
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