Looking for a replacement for a KT7-RAID - Is MSI K7T-Pro2A good?

[Mark R]

Well, I can't get my new Athlon system working satisfactorily, so I'm getting to the 'replace bits one-at-a-time' stage. Unfortunately, none of the parts are actually defective so my retailer won't accept them back.

The problem is an incompatibility with my KT7-RAID and Geforce 2 GTS - unfortunately, the KT7 was a bit of an impulse buy so I didn't have time to check the KT7 FAQ where I would have found this potential incompatability documented. As a result, I'm looking for a replacement motherboard (mainly because it is the cheaper option).

I 'm thinking of an MSI K7T-Pro2A. Does this have any known incompatabilities? I've heard relatively few bad things about this board, are there any burning issues with it?

 

[resinboy]

Do a search- you'll find a bunch of us running this board with great results

 

[nickburns]

well, i have researched this board and it seems to be recommended by alot of people who know what they are talking about. Personally, i like my asus A7V, with its ata100 controller and i havent had any conflicts with it (yet), its easy to setup and use, and very stable. so you might want to explore that option.

 

[evanichka]

Many reviews have given this board a thumbs up, but overclockers.com had some trouble with it that you may want to check out. good luck

 

[damac]

get this board man. dumped my dumb kt7 for this board and all my issues cleared up. I rmad the board to my vendor and they found nothing wrong but my same parts in my msi system, screwed with the kt7 board so I said screw it and I'm glad I did. plus many message board messages for kt7 users that had similar problmes like with cpus and shutdowns, etc.

 

[IBuyUFO]

I have a geforce 2 gts in my kt7 raid and it's working great! It took a while to fix the crashes and usb problems though.

 

[JJ650]

Makes me wonder sometimes if a majority of problems stem from 'user-error'. I'm not saying any one in particular did something wrong during setup, but I have built 3 machines using the Kt7-raid boards, with GF2's, and not a single prob.
I can count on one hand the crashes I have had in the past 3 months on my personal machine (kt7 raid and GF2 on it).
I guess it would be stupid to ask if you have all LATEST drivers.

 

[LXi]

The MSI is a very good board, much less incompatibilities and troubles, its a lot more stable as well, highly recommended.