PcChips Board M810LR

[Franklin Jones]

Thinking about building a couple of systems for some intro level users. Looking at low cost with everything on board. Pcchips m810lr(modem,snd,vid)meets the standard. I want to throw a Duron 800mhz with 256mb of ram. If anyone has this bd. I would love to know is the board good enough to put out there without it causing me a lot of return homes or call backs with complaints.....I have worked on a couple in earlier days.Just putting it out there. Ps I was going to use Windows me.....Thanks

[PostCode]

A great place to talk about and get information on this board would be Mr. Computer's Help Forums (http://www.mrcs.net/board/mrcubb/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) . I realize it's another forum, but he's got a room that specific to PC Chips products and he uses them himself extensively.

[MR COMPUTER]

Thanks Post Code... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

The PC Chips M810 series are a decent, stable platform. I have one now with a Duron 800 and 256 meg El Cheapo memory.
Not experienced any come backs or user complaints... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Franklin Jones]

Good news to hear and I'll take a look at the link above...thanks

[thajones]

I have one with a T-bird 750, 128MB RAM running W2K. The experience has not been that pleasant, though, have had intermittent connectivity problems with USB devices and with the parallel port. I've tried various driver upgrades, 4-in-1 pack, reload, and it just hasn't been stable enough. Locks up from time to time as well. Will be replacing with a Sis735 board or something similar.

[Peter M]

thajones, maybe you improve your skills first? Installing 4-in-1 drivers meant for VIA chipsets is not exactly going to improve things for an SiS chipset, or is it?

Besides, W2K does have its problems with USB altogether. Try Microsoft's Service pack and Hotfix stuff, the list is quite impressive.

Finally, parallel port connectivity problems aren't something new either. Just look at the mess of different parallel port modes available in BIOS.

regards, Peter