AMD XP2400+ plus ECS K7S5A mobo for $79,95 at Frys

[Danzilla]

This thread is TWO weeks old. JWMiddleton decided it needed a bump today in order to say he likes the MB. No wonder he has so many posts.
PS. Only AMD combo at Houston Frys today is the ECS + 2200 for $79.99. It's been 69.99 in the past.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
My personal experience with the K7S5A: stay the fvck away. My board has incredible stability issues compared to my last board (Epox 8k7a... sigh...). I didn't really know about the bios losing problem, but it sure happened to me a lot and I even went out to buy a new battery for the mb. Only a loss of 3$, since my settings actually resetted this morning when I turned on my computer. I'm not a hardcore overclocker so I can't comment on that part. For free + as a second system, definitely worth it. I just ordered a Epox 8rda+ from newegg for 88$ shipped and i can't wait to get this motherboard out of my main system. I hear it's extremely picky about ram as well. Btw, it took me three trips to Fry's to get a working board.

However I do know that if you do find a working board that doesn't have the most common problems, then it could very well be the best deal you ever made.

did you even have the pro? they are up to v5.0 now.

not that i had a problem with my non pro. it seems they either are totally doa or work just fine as long as your components/psu aren't cr@p.

 

[DPG0wnz]

Originally posted by: Danzilla
This thread is TWO weeks old. JWMiddleton decided it needed a bump today in order to say he likes the MB. No wonder he has so many posts.
PS. Only AMD combo at Houston Frys today is the ECS + 2200 for $79.99. It's been 69.99 in the past.

Actually the combo is $89.99. I had to pickup one up today because i had to build a system quickly.

 

[Mecheater]

They haven't had this combo on sale for about 2 weeks in Nor. Cal. Supposed to build out a system for someone using this combo and been waiting. My experience with the ECS's are the same as 0roo0roo. I've built over 30 systems now using the ECS mobos some pros and some not, and as long as they weren't DOA they have/are working flawlessly. But I've been lucky I guess since I hear some horrible stories also.

 

[kindest]

Originally posted by: Mecheater
They haven't had this combo on sale for about 2 weeks in Nor. Cal. Supposed to build out a system for someone using this combo and been waiting. My experience with the ECS's are the same as 0roo0roo. I've built over 30 systems now using the ECS mobos some pros and some not, and as long as they weren't DOA they have/are working flawlessly. But I've been lucky I guess since I hear some horrible stories also.

ive been lucky as well but im too the point of where i dont want to even risk it anymore.

 

[0roo0roo]

cripes 30? i've only built 6

 

[Mecheater]

$10.00 more today, but atleast it's in the ads. Today's ad this combo is $89.99 atleast up here in Sacramento.

Yeah I've built a lot: Offices, friends, family, I've had 6 for myself. Down to 4 now though.

 

[RBC]

I used to be one to praise this board like many others here. However, I'm starting to change my tune. I've got two out of five systems now that are losing the CMOS on shut down. Both ran fine (like the other three still are) for over a year, now the two oldest ones have started to act up. I flashed the bios on both and it doesn't do any good. I happens a couple of times a week. Seems to be a well known problem though the recommended solutions involve soldering, and that's something I'm just not up to.

 

[mannydx]

90 bucks in arizona again

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: RBC
I used to be one to praise this board like many others here. However, I'm starting to change my tune. I've got two out of five systems now that are losing the CMOS on shut down. Both ran fine (like the other three still are) for over a year, now the two oldest ones have started to act up. I flashed the bios on both and it doesn't do any good. I happens a couple of times a week. Seems to be a well known problem though the recommended solutions involve soldering, and that's something I'm just not up to.

did you change the battery?

 

[RBC]

Do they eat batteries that quickly? Also, the cmos gets trashed on shutdown.

 

[Ginta]

I don't own one of these combos, but ECS OCWForum seems to be a good place to find feedback for the gamut of tech questions.

 

[Tung]

Originally posted by: Ambrosius01
Is this board any good?

No, spend a little more and get yourself something stable.

 

[0roo0roo]

your full of sh*t, this boards as stable as it gets.

 

[ericlp]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
your full of sh*t, this boards as stable as it gets.

No doubt. I really think some people had a problem with these boards so they give a bunch of crap to everyone else. Face it there are bound to be 1 out of 100 maybe more that will fail it's a risk. But I've built over 20 of these systems with no problems. Tho, I sure hear about problems people have with these.

1, get a decent power supply, 2 get good ram. 3, No Porblems!!! hahaha


The only board I had problems with was a Soyo Dragon. Had to drive back to fry to get another. Oh well, Unlucky I suppose. Been working great so far the second one that is.