Re: Gigabyte GA-7VA

I've got another gigabyte mobo in production and I'll have to keep an eye on it. It's probably 5-6 years newer than that GA-7VA (don't recall the model offhand) but I don't know that I can trust any of em.

I got a new Tyan this year and spent some extra coin so I hope I don't end up here again! Yipee.

Re: Nightmares of returning a motherboard



I'd check for those Choyo caps.

I'm retiring this guy. I replaced it with an Asus/Celeron on Sunday....

I just went through the drill on a [URL=http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1409]Gigabyte GA-7VA[/URL] . Swapped out drives, memory, and a power supply before checking the caps. Believe it or not this thing was still running but would become unresponsive a couple of times a day.

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Re: Nightmares of returning a motherboard

I just went through the drill on a [URL=http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1409]Gigabyte GA-7VA[/URL] . Swapped out drives, memory, and a power supply before checking the caps. Believe it or not this thing was still running but would become unresponsive a couple of times a day.

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