calling all epox 8k7a users...check this out!

[ttttt]

any 1 notice this epox motherboard got design problems?
look at the under side of the board and compare it with all other motherboards...you will find the reason...it may cause it to be unstable and short circult

 

[amb#cog]

Calling all Junior Members....check this out.

If you start a post like this. Be more specific. I for one have no intention of taking out my mobo, just to "look at it"!!!

GEEEZZZ!!!!!!!!!!

 

[heffe734]

lol...what's so bad? Ya, you say the design is not all that great but hey...i'm not complaining about this mobo...runs stable, runs fast, easy to oc...i'm content enuf.

 

[Insane3D]

I assume you are referring to the MOSFET's being mounted on the bottom of the motherboard as opposed to most other boards having them on top. I am not sure where you get that this is a "design problem", that it will cause a "short circuit", or make it unstable. I think before you post something like this, you might want to do a little research to avoid looking ignorant. This is just a way to make more room on the top surface of the motherboard for other components. Whether or not the MOSFET's are on the top or bottom, they work the same.

 

[ukDave]

hehe! ttttt got a real pasting there!


ah... :Q

 

[amb#cog]

Well let's see no profile, first post, bad grammer, and spelling.

I smell something funny myself.

Either way the "pasting" is minor IMO. I was restraining myself from really going off, because I doubt this guy is for real anyway.

 

[ttttt]

<< I assume you are referring to the MOSFET's being mounted on the bottom of the motherboard as opposed to most other boards having them on top. I am not sure where you get that this is a &quot;design problem&quot;, that it will cause a &quot;short circuit&quot;, or make it unstable. I think before you post something like this, you might want to do a little research to avoid looking ignorant. This is just a way to make more room on the top surface of the motherboard for other components. Whether or not the MOSFET's are on the top or bottom, they work the same. >>



why i'm saying this? it almost burn everything onboard!
with those mosfets at the bottom...they touches my asus casing and ended in disaster
i asked quite many shops why they are not selling this board...they said its due to the many problems of it and will not recommend it to customers at all
unlike this epox, other motherboards do not have this problem at all!
well, that's all i know which i heard it from my technician

 

[SpideyCU]

&quot;with those mosfets at the bottom...they touches my asus casing and ended in disaster&quot;

Uh...are you saying they touch the motherboard tray? Didn't know Asus made cases, but anyway, even if they DO touch them (which mine don't) there's no metal to make a contact. If anything the case would touch the black portion (encasement) of the power transistor, not the metal behind it (the drain) or the other leads (G/D/S).

Everyone's always praised the stability of this board, I honestly don't know who these people were that told you they wouldn't recommend it.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

Talk about Murphy's Law. I just ordered my EPoX motherboard on July 4 with a 1.33GHz T-Bird 266 FSB and Crucial Ram (2 ea of 256MB, 2100) and lately it seems the negative reviews are increasing here about that motherboard. (I researched this board and found the usual problems about printing and hardware incompatibility issues with some peripherals, but nothing major. BTW AnandTech providing these forums (and of course the members) has given me a lot of great information. There are a LOT of very knowledgeable people here!!!!)

I am concerned about a few problems. I am not sure of the order to load the drivers that will come with the board. I have read many posts about not installing the AGP support (Via chipset). At what point do you install these drivers with the operating system (in my case it will be Win2K)? I downloaded Epox's instruction manual and it does not go into exactly when to install the drivers. Don't you need all of these drivers before you install any operating system? Epox's manual says to:

1. Install AMD miniport driver
2. Install VIA Bus Master
3. Install PCI IDE Driver
4. Install Audio Driver
5. Install USB driver
6. Install HPT370A driver
7. Install RAID (if so equipped I guess).
Does everyone do this??

I also read another post about needing to increase the RAM voltage if you are using both DIMM slots on the board (I will be using 2 each 256MB sticks), but didn't go into the exact setting needed.

Some of the motherboard settings I have questions about are:

Jumper Settings:
JP1: CPU Ratio Selection (leave in Auto?)
JP2: CPU Vcore Adjust (leave in default?)
JP3: DDR Adjust (0.1 is default) see above remarks

Bios Settings:
CPU Cache (Enable or Disable)
PNP OS Installed (Why is the default NO)
Resource Controlled By Bios (Automatically configure all of the boot and plug and play devices): The default is Auto (vs Manual). Why is this since they have the &quot;PNP OS Installed&quot; defaulted to NO, what is the difference in these settings?

I realize that you can experiment with these settings for OC'ing, but I just want to get a stable system first.

I also know of the questionable &quot;Phoenix Net&quot; bios upgrade which has some possibility of including &quot;Spy-Ware&quot; into the bios.

Maybe its just me but their seems to be a lot of questions with this motherboard lately. Hopefully I won't be posting these type of problems when mine comes in!!! Does anyone else have these type of specific questions or is it just me??

Thanks in advance for all of your support!

Update: Found this from EPoX site about which drivers to install!
LINK

 

[ukDave]

are you from an english speaking county ttttt? It's just your spelling is a tad on the $hite side.

no offense! :Q