Asus

[c_hegge]

It seems we have some members who hate ASUS, and others who don't. Personally, I hate them, but I just wanna see whether I'm in a minority group.

[ratdude747]

Re: Asus

my luck with them has been sketchy. not to mention the build quality of the eee pcs were crap at best.

[Uranium-235]

Re: Asus

I've had 3 of my clients get asus laptops, one a standard $600, one a gaming $2000, and one an eeepc. The only problem was the eeepc got powerade spilled in it while its in the case and the left shift key does not work, but it is working great

I've gotten probably about 12+ Asus boards ranging from P4's to 775s, 1156s to amd 939's and AM2's and AM3's

I've only had a friends A8N-E do an nvidia death, and replace it with a P5N-E SLI, and a core 2 quad 6600, still working today

[shovenose]

Re: Asus

Can you make a middle, undecided option please? Until then I'm voting that I like them.

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus

I should have done but I'm not a moderator here (and probably never will be), so I can't edit it

[dood]

Re: Asus

Added option. (and voted for it)

[Spacedye69]

Re: Asus

Ooops! Clicked the wrong button. Should have been "Like". I have 20+ Asus boards right now, from S7 to 775. Most are even the less desirable SiS chip set. I've only had 1 (A7V333) that had a sudden and unexplained death. At work we've had around 100 Asus boards in operation over the last few years in hot and dirty manufacturing. Other than the occasional bad cap, no issues.

[gerg]

Re: Asus

I have an asus laptop around 1700 dollars worth that I have been rocking for about 3 years never had an issue with it even when it's overclocked. I have had mostly Asus boards over the years when I was into heavy overclocking and modding and I have only had 1 fail and it was under some major stress when it happened

[Old Thrashbarg]

Re: Asus

Asus boards used to be some of the best on the market, up until around 2000-2001, when they took a sharp turn downhill both in hardware quality and support. It was around the same time they started catering to the 'enthusiast' gamer/overclocker market, and I don't think it was a coincidence. Every Asus product I've had since then has had major problems and most have failed outright. They're one of the few companies I avoid entirely now...

[shovenose]

Re: Asus

How do I change my vote?
Sorry

[ratdude747]

Re: Asus

you can't.

[shovenose]

Re: Asus

I am aware of that dude.
But dood surely can :P

[mariushm]

Re: Asus

I like Asus... and Asrock - the only brands I used for motherboards. I'd have no problems using Gigayte boards but never got the chance... used them just in video cards where I only bought Asus, Sapphire and Gigabyte.... and some no-name S3 cards (Trio 64 on my first system, then Savage 3D and Savage 4, both died with corrupt bios)

So I voted for no, I like asus ... though I must say the options are a bit weird, with the double negative and all that.

As for the last option it made me smile when I saw it as it definitely reminded of the steady joke on Youtube where this video's likes are kept by viewers exactly in the middle : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ

[asand1]

Re: Asus

Ive never had a problem with the K8N i'm currently on.

[delaware74b]

Re: Asus

I've had multiple Asus boards over the years, starting with A7NX series (it got Antec'd), A8N-SLI Deluxe, A8N-E. Both A8's are still in service. My current desktop has the M4A785TD-V EVO with the Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core.

The issue common to the A8N is the northbridge cooling fan failures. Both boards have had the fans replaced due to bad bearings.

[stevo1210]

Re: Asus

I've been using Asus for a while now. My 4 year old P5K-E WiFi is still working great! I've had other Asus boards too, like a P4P800-SX and a P3V-X I think it was. None had any problems.
I have however encountered a dead P5P800 that was running on a Deer PSU. It didn't have a shorted out south bridge either, but seeing as it was running of a POS PSU, I think the PSU did damage something else instead.

[KeriJane]

Re: Asus

I'm leaning towards liking Asus, but voted for no preference.

A lot of the problems that crop up on enthusiast boards are of our own making like cruddy PSUs, cheapie or fussy "high performance" RAM or poor cooling.
Even when we make inappropriate settings in BIOS the board takes the blame!

Other problems, like bad caps, poor design or layout or whatever are not unique to Asus.
Think Abit's bad? So is Gigabyte, Intel, DFI, ASRock, whoever.

Surprisingly, I've had great luck with much maligned ECS.... mostly because they usually stick to the basics without any fancy "features"


The only company I did like was Abit and that was because they tried to do the right thing and replaced many boards with bad caps even after the warranty expired while other manufacturers played the "too bad, it's not our fault" or "sorry, but the warranty expired" game.
Naturally, admitting to a problem cost them their reputation and motherboard business.

Got an Asus board right here running just fine which is replacing a glitchy and crash-prone Supermicro. Odd. Isn't Supermicro supposed to be a "good" board?

Can't wait to check caps on the old one.... it's an all-polymer board but that doesn't mean anything.

[shovenose]

Re: Asus

Surprisingly, I've had great luck with much maligned ECS....

Yes finally somebody who agrees with me!

[ratdude747]

Re: Asus

I'm leaning towards liking Asus, but voted for no preference.

A lot of the problems that crop up on enthusiast boards are of our own making like cruddy PSUs, cheapie or fussy "high performance" RAM or poor cooling.
Even when we make inappropriate settings in BIOS the board takes the blame!

Other problems, like bad caps, poor design or layout or whatever are not unique to Asus.
Think Abit's bad? So is Gigabyte, Intel, DFI, ASRock, whoever.

Surprisingly, I've had great luck with much maligned ECS.... mostly because they usually stick to the basics without any fancy "features"


The only company I did like was Abit and that was because they tried to do the right thing and replaced many boards with bad caps even after the warranty expired while other manufacturers played the "too bad, it's not our fault" or "sorry, but the warranty expired" game.
Naturally, admitting to a problem cost them their reputation and motherboard business.

Got an Asus board right here running just fine which is replacing a glitchy and crash-prone Supermicro. Odd. Isn't Supermicro supposed to be a "good" board?

Can't wait to check caps on the old one.... it's an all-polymer board but that doesn't mean anything.

yeah, supermicro is supposed to be good. might be a defective chipset or possibly bad soldering.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Asus

Abit was bad ~2003/~2004-ish.
So was Asus.

At that time Abit honored RMAs willingly and even sent replacement caps if you wanted it that way vice going the RMA route.
Asus pretended there wasn't a problem with caps.
- At all, not just their own boards.
- Never was a cap plague according to Asus.
- Never was a problem with HN/HM either,,, according to Asus.
And getting an RMA done through Asus was like pulling teeth. [Still is with them.]

Since that time Asus continued doing the same ole thing. Including using OSTs.
[Asus has NEVER admitted there was any kind of caps issue. - Ever.]
Abit on the other hand tried to make it right with previous customers [even past warranty] and switched to all Jap caps.

Asus's business practices are as much a negative on them and their quality vs cost is.
You can get lucky with an Asus board but if you don't you are probably on your own.
- Even if it's in warranty.

So far as retail/consumer type boards [meaning non-server] you can't find better boards than Supermicro or the last few generations of Abit.
Even Intel has gone to cheap caps on their non-server boards.
.