Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

[mockingbird]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

Most of the experts here (myself included) disagree. ASUS are just as bad for build quality as ECS. If you want a reliable board, then Supermico, Intel or Gigabyte.

Stay far, far away from Intel, who still insists on using UCC KZG electrolytics even on their higher-end $150+ boards.

Even the high end ones can be hit and miss

The newer gen high end boards are looking pretty good so far.

[c_hegge]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

ECS used to be pretty good back in the early 90s, but they bought or got bought by some company that was horrible. I forget the name PCChips or something like that? And went downhill fast. You couldn't run fast enough to give me an Asus motherboard.

Yeah, it was PCChips.

[smason]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

ECS used to be pretty good back in the early 90s, but they bought or got bought by some company that was horrible. I forget the name PCChips or something like that? And went downhill fast. You couldn't run fast enough to give me an Asus motherboard.

Against my better judgement I did buy an Asus wireless router last week, it's supposed to be a well-respected model, we'll see.....

[c_hegge]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

ECS uses the bare minimum of components required, they're known for being cheap, not reliable.

+1. The reason for the failures is that ECS are junk

Next time get ASUS, it is simple as move and you get at the safe side.

I have lost faith to all the others, few months back, an very expensive Gigabyte stopped booting with out reason.
No more experiments, medium or high priced ASUS boards is all that I am touching those days.

Most of the experts here (myself included) disagree. ASUS are just as bad for build quality as ECS. If you want a reliable board, then Supermico, Intel or Gigabyte.

Stay away from Asus unless you're buying their $200+ boards.

Even the high end ones can be hit and miss

[mockingbird]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

Medium-priced Asus boards always use Apaq capacitors (If not in the VRM, then scattered in other locations), whereas you can find $100+ Gigabyte, MSI, Biostar with Sanyo SEPC, UCC PSK, or Nichicon LF caps. Stay away from Asus unless you're buying their $200+ boards.

[Kiriakos GR]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

Next time get ASUS, it is simple as move and you get at the safe side.

I have lost faith to all the others, few months back, an very expensive Gigabyte stopped booting with out reason.
No more experiments, medium or high priced ASUS boards is all that I am touching those days.

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Re: Why have almost all my failed motherboards been ECS brand?

I think you answered it yourself - because they're crap. ECS uses the bare minimum of components required, they're known for being cheap, not reliable.

[larrymoencurly]

ECS is the only brand I've had that failed and didn't show any obvious symptoms (at least to a non-tech like me) like bad caps, diodes, fuses, or transistors. When every other brand failed, I could replace some of those parts and get the mobo running again. Also when a cap did pop, every ECS mobo rebooted or shut down, while the other brands kept chugging along as if nothing had occurred.

I'm not overclocking or using high-power CPUs or video.

I'm asking because I just bought another ECS (G41T-M7), although it's supposed to be free after rebate.