Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Naylor
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:21 AM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)
Hi,
Late last year I bought a AS US P5N-E (force 650) motherboard. It
didn't work with FreeBSD and SUMP (I can't blame FreeBSD has Linux and
Windows struggle to run on the board, and it is riddled with bugs).
I'm now hoping to convince AS US that I need a different motherboard,
does anyone know which AS US boards work (or don't work) with FreeBSD.
I need SLID, quad core and 4 DIM MS.
Why don't you ask us when you have actually managed to get AS US
convinced? It seems to me your chances of doing this now are
gone. The Uniform Commercial Code only requires retailers to
offer a 30 day guarentee. Assuming "late last year" meant sometime
in December, you should have returned the motherboard to the
retailer weeks ago. And, AS US has no obligation to take the
board back and supply you with a different one under their warranty.
One board I was considering was the AS US P5N32-E (with force 680i).
I know there was a problem with NF (but I can live with that, if it is
not already solved).
I think your nuts to consider AS US again. You got burned once by them,
do you like getting slapped upside the head repeatedly?
The best chance you have of
salvaging this train wreck is selling the motherboard on Ebay for
50 cents on the dollar, and treating it as a learning experience.
In the future, don't buy a motherboard from an online retailer
unless you know it works.
Ted,
I love reading your comments as you are so knowledgeable but you should
give a brake to a poor guy. He is already traumatized
by online experience so we need to conform him.
There is nothing wrong in buying thins from online retailers as you can
usually save 30-50% in my experience but as Ted said you have to know
what are you buying.
Tad's idea of Ebay is almost perfect. You can also try to get a read of
your board on the Craigslist. My advice would be that you put the
price 10%-20% bigger of what you actually pay for for the board.
If the person knows what he is doing he would not buy from Ebay or
Craigslist anyway.
I just looked the Tuscon's Craigslist and some moron is selling a mother
board for $50 bucks. Instead of the picture of his mother board he gave
a link to the Geeks' web-site where the same mother board is clearly
priced $33.95. Including $8 shipping, that is still cheaper
than $50 which his asking price (If I remember well arithmetic from the
kindergarten:-) ).
Cheers,
Predrag
P. S. Ted, I am so happy you didn't make a progress with that
anti-Serbian filter you were working on so that I can still read your
comments and learn. Kind regards from Arizona :-)
And whether you buy one from an online
retailer or a local retailer, return it as soon as you find it
doesen't work. And of course, test that it works before the 30
day return period is up.
Ted
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