Subject: RE: MSI SM-6340M v5
From: Larry Collier (larry@medease.com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 12:34:22 AKST
I like MSI motherboards -- I've come to use them almost exclusively. The
primary thing seems to be to always give them enough power. THey're the
first mb i've come across that reliably shares interrupts between the
onboard stuff and the pci slots. My home system is a 1.2 Ghz Tbird on a 300
watt p.s. and is running my nic on the same interrupt with all 3 USB "hubs"
on the motherboard. When I first got it, I went to the MSI site and read a
lot of horror stories and a couple of messages saying in essence "more
power, Scotty". When I followed that the problems went away.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> Leif Sawyer
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:45 AM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: RE: MSI SM-6340M v5
>
>
>
> Definately check the DLED's (the four vertical or box) that are
> at the back
> of the
> motherboard. You can look up the code in the back of the manual.
>
> Definately check your power supply. MSI is _VERY_ finnicky regarding it's
> power.
> 300W is a minimum for 933mhz, even more for dual cpu system.
>
> I was running a games server that was based on the MSI m/b, and had no end
> of
> problems with it. I finally returned it because i didn't want to keep
> messing
> with the system. I went through three m/b's in its life.
>
> my supermicro-based systems are much more stable, and much happier!
>
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