Do all i845g motherboards support agp/pci bus speed locking?

[Wishkar]

I know the asus p4b533-v and epox4g4a+ support it, but the asus is far too expensive and the epox board sounds like its best avoided (highpoint controller and some memory bank issues). Does anyone know anything about the gigabyte board, msi 845g max or abit bg7?

i'm thinking about getting the abit but i need to make sure it does agp/pci locking as i have some fairly old harddisks (both quantum fireballs, but different revisions) and i dont' think they'll take too kindly to overclocking. Anyone here know anything about the msi or gigabyte board (both much cheaper)?

Finally, anyone know any good uk dealers apart from dabs.com and aria.co.uk?

cheers

 

[gururu]

i have the abit bg7. the abit board does agp/pci locking. I think that all of them do, but make sure if you decide to go gigabyte or msi.
i have had problems with abit's highpoint hard drive controllers and certain hard drives in the past, so be wary. I didn't have problems with this particular board this time around, and would certainly say that it is equal to if not better than the asus board, in terms of quality and stability.