i thought you said the new EPU now have a better fan controlling feature....... still just 3 options, no where close to Abit's uGuru. hope Maximus 2 is different
Ok and here is my question to Asus. (and any other brand delivering high end enthusiast motherboards) Why do you still put on a FDD controller chip and FDD connector, taking up useless space, which you could have used to put more 90degree sata connectors. You make future rich motherboards with oozes weird components like pcm mosfets, solid state caps, heatpipes, e-sata and such. And yet, you put a 35 year old useless peace of FDD crap on the boards. You stopped using printerports so why dont you ditch this useless crap too.
Please stop putting Floppy Disc Drive connectors on the beautifully peaces of engineering. We don't use it anymore since like 6 years ago. In fact i don't even know where to buy a floppy anymore...
I still use a FDD regularly, but I admit that I'm probably in the minority there. ;) It seems a nice board... but I really hate the way they've put those SATA connectors... :(
Originally Posted by naokaji because windows xp doesnt allow you to add drivers during its installation from any other source than floppy.
Win XP is also getting old anyway, and why do you need to install drivers when installing? Maybe for raid or sata, well then read this
And while you are building it, also include all the service packs and security updates, and other drivers you need. Another plus, it takes less time then you ever have spend on installing xp.
Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan Win XP is also getting old anyway, and why do you need to install drivers when installing? Maybe for raid or sata, well then read this
And while you are building it, also include all the service packs and security updates, and other drivers you need. Another plus, it takes less time then you ever have spend on installing xp.
been there done that, plus I've managed to get xp down to about 350mb with sp2 integrated and unatended installation, but I could only do that because I planned ahead and knew about it. I heavily doubt avg joe knows about it, and once the old install is gone he wont be able to use nlite and also wont be able to find out what it is on the internet because he wont have access without a working pc.
Maybe they could start providing a floppy drive connector on a pci card then you could slot the card in if need be!
Now i know this motherboard doesn't have wi-fi on but if another board has wi-fi and ExpressGate will you be able to use the wi-fi? Has Asus developed drivers to work with the linux distro or have they gone and done a half assed job and decided not to develop one.
Originally Posted by culley Maybe they could start providing a floppy drive connector on a pci card then you could slot the card in if need be!
Since the majority of boards now support USB FDDs, I really think this entire argument for internal, horrid ribbon cables and controllers is a silly one.
Originally Posted by wuyanxu i thought you said the new EPU now have a better fan controlling feature....... still just 3 options, no where close to Abit's uGuru. hope Maximus 2 is different
Even with the P35/ICH9 chipset it appears the mobo makers are rarely implementing the full potential of the chipset for fan control. No reason why ICH10 should change the penny-pinching attitude, or maybe they need to leave lots of features in reserve for the most expensive and future "new improved" models.
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The ICH9 integrates four fan speed sensors (four TACH signals) and 3 fan speed controllers (three Pulse Width Modulator signals), which enables monitoring and controlling up to four fans on the system.
Originally Posted by wuyanxu i thought you said the new EPU now have a better fan controlling feature....... still just 3 options, no where close to Abit's uGuru. hope Maximus 2 is different
You know what, I thought it did and I swear I was shown it but I can't for the life of me find the option in the 6-engine.
Originally Posted by Bindibadgi You know what, I thought it did and I swear I was shown it but I can't for the life of me find the option in the 6-engine.
just a sign of not buy P5Q then.
got Maximus 2 yet? will there be a review of it soon?
Originally Posted by culley Maybe they could start providing a floppy drive connector on a pci card then you could slot the card in if need be!
Since the majority of boards now support USB FDDs, I really think this entire argument for internal, horrid ribbon cables and controllers is a silly one.
Agreed, A USB FDD is useful, to a point(loading drivers-Yes; flashing the Bios-No), An internal one just wastes space now, I've got both, Yet I can't say I've used the internal port for the last 3 years at all, The drive & cable(still like new) isn't even worth selling on ebay for that matter.
It is also important to note that the Intel has built a TPM into the ICH10R even though they aren't exactly advertising that. Hopefully they will change their minds once they realize that not all consumers want DRM built into their hardware
Still have a floppy drive in most work computers. Also sata on xp without a floppy is a pain in the backside to get going. You cant use nlite if you dont have a pc to use it with before hand (some people dont really think ).
I've noticed an error in the article. "Also, you can't use the two DriveXpert sockets as normal SATA ports, so basically you end up with only five out of eight that are usable due to the layout."
I've had a chance to play with the P5Q. The DriveXpert sockets are setup as "normal SATA ports" by default to provide 7 SATA ports.
An assortment of flatering comments; so here's a reality check.
Take a look at the ASUS forum for this board and you'll find an increasing number of people who are very unhappy with it. One of those was me and after 2.5 weeks of trying patiently to get it working I gave up. Not only did it not work, the ASUS support was useless and really didn't do anything helpful. Please note that I was not overclocking, I was just looking for a stable high end configuration.
On paper, this board looks good. In reality, it's a pain to keep running and ASUS seem to have already left it behind. You may also like to consider many of the posts which show that many of the board's features cannot work together... don't be fooled by the specs.
I've been an ASUS owner for years, but I'm now the happy owner (36 hours without a failure) of a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. BTW, the same Powersupply, Memory, CPU (Q9550), HDD (WD Black 1TB), Video card (ASUS 9800GT) and OS (Vista 64U) are in use.
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ReplyPlease stop putting Floppy Disc Drive connectors on the beautifully peaces of engineering. We don't use it anymore since like 6 years ago. In fact i don't even know where to buy a floppy anymore...
Win XP is also getting old anyway, and why do you need to install drivers when installing? Maybe for raid or sata, well then read this
And while you are building it, also include all the service packs and security updates, and other drivers you need. Another plus, it takes less time then you ever have spend on installing xp.
well said that man!
lean, mean fighting machines :)
been there done that, plus I've managed to get xp down to about 350mb with sp2 integrated and unatended installation, but I could only do that because I planned ahead and knew about it. I heavily doubt avg joe knows about it, and once the old install is gone he wont be able to use nlite and also wont be able to find out what it is on the internet because he wont have access without a working pc.
Now i know this motherboard doesn't have wi-fi on but if another board has wi-fi and ExpressGate will you be able to use the wi-fi? Has Asus developed drivers to work with the linux distro or have they gone and done a half assed job and decided not to develop one.
You know what, I thought it did and I swear I was shown it but I can't for the life of me find the option in the 6-engine.
got Maximus 2 yet? will there be a review of it soon?
Nope :(
I've had a chance to play with the P5Q. The DriveXpert sockets are setup as "normal SATA ports" by default to provide 7 SATA ports.
Will a Creative X-Fi Platinum card fit on the upper PCI slot, or will the RAM stand on its way?
Take a look at the ASUS forum for this board and you'll find an increasing number of people who are very unhappy with it. One of those was me and after 2.5 weeks of trying patiently to get it working I gave up. Not only did it not work, the ASUS support was useless and really didn't do anything helpful. Please note that I was not overclocking, I was just looking for a stable high end configuration.
On paper, this board looks good. In reality, it's a pain to keep running and ASUS seem to have already left it behind. You may also like to consider many of the posts which show that many of the board's features cannot work together... don't be fooled by the specs.
I've been an ASUS owner for years, but I'm now the happy owner (36 hours without a failure) of a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. BTW, the same Powersupply, Memory, CPU (Q9550), HDD (WD Black 1TB), Video card (ASUS 9800GT) and OS (Vista 64U) are in use.
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