itsfree said:
I am enjoying this discussion. I wish every other discussion is this civil and informed....

+1

Thanks for the info guys.

shadow3277 said:I have this board paired with the e2180 overclocked to 3.2. I picked this up the last time it had a rebate and have no regrets about buying it. I did have the double boot issue on mine but was easily fixed with a bios update. No issues installing this MassCool heat sink.. In fact, it was the easiest heatsink I've ever installed.

I have the same combination. You have any easy tutorials that describe the BIOS update and OC procedures?

Here is a good forum thread, the first post hasn't been updated since December but contains very good information. There are still current posts at the end of the thread (2690 posts and counting on it).

Anandtech Thread

Warrent said:FYI this went up in price by $10 as of 3/3. It is now $100 - $30 rebate = $70.

The Gigabyte mobo is starting to look like a better offering.

Yeah, I just noticed this price increase at Newegg too. I hate how they micro-manage the prices, sometimes several times a day! (I have written to Newegg about this twice. Their reply is just that they don't have a "price guarantee". Well, that's understandable and reasonable. But still, it's frustrating that they don't keep the same price for even 24 hours! Many times, the price changes between the time I add a product to my electronic "cart", and my check out time several minutes later (after considering the total and getting several products in the cart). Price or advertising errors aside, how come this isn't allowed, or may be considered false advertising at a brick and mortar store? (Raising prices on an item at the cash register AFTER you put it in your cart minutes earlier)??? Can you imagine a brick and mortar employee following you in a store to try to put a new price sticker on a product already in your cart? No. A consumer commonly makes the decision whether or not to buy an item based on the stated price when they see it on the shelf! Somebody needs to petition the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to see that consumers aren't misled in these online transactions!

If you call Newegg after you've purchased and a price increase happenned minutes earlier or later, they will often give you a credit, (but this also requires that you send them an email referencing the credit authorization, and you then have to make sure it was credited on your cc). Newegg doesn't take phone orders, so you can't call them and buy over the phone at an adjusted price.

Price is back to $60.

Can someone describe the double post problem a bit better? I just put together a system with this mother but think I installed the CPU incorrectly--too forcefully.

I've post the problem here, but if some of these symptoms are interrelated, I'd be dying to know.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/topic.php?catid=28&threadid=813618&newest=1#last

Should I try reseting the bios?

Thanks
UA

This mb doesnt have the eSata connector/bracket does it?