Reply 60 of 80, by Nemo1985
In the end I kept the ECS, last week I received the DX version of that mb: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Prod … 78-LL-Intel-RR-
Unlucky I have far more issues to make it works properly. With the latest bios version they add the option to enable the hyperthreading, but when I do so the system reboots and after the screen is full of green lines, the only thing I can do is to reset the cmos (I saw another user experiencing this problem in another forum, noone was able to help him).
Also the sorting order to find the latest bios on ECS website is idiotic.
P4S5A
Pro: With latest bios it works even with cpu 533 fsb and they added the 166 mhz frequency for both sdram and ddr, it allows to set very low timings without issues, I never had any single problem with it.
Con: Usb 1.1, ata-100, it doesn't support more than 1gb of ddr at 166 (memory test starts to throw errors as soon it starts to work with it), no official support for 533 cpus, unable to disable the parallel port on bios or windows xp will complain about not being acpi compliant, memory performance are lower than DX at same frequency and timings.
P4S5A/DX+
Pro: Usb 2, ata-133, official support to p4 3.06 ghz, better memory performance.
Con: more picky with memories, hyperthreading unusable, unable to disable the parallel port on bios or windows xp will complain about not being acpi compliant, unable to use 2gigs of ddr at 166mhz and tight timings.
Is there anyone with both mb that can confirm my issues?
Thanks.