Reply 40 of 45, by Deunan
POST card codes might help, if you think the mobo is worth the expense. Obviously you need a card with PCI connector but it should be no problem getting one with both PCI and ISA. Just a warning though, always make sure you've installed it correctly in the slot. The orientation between ISA and PCI is different and it's easy to mix it up. I knew about it and still managed to get it wrong once, fortunately without any nasty consequences.
Just FYI, this is a VIA mobo but back in the Athlon XP days I had plenty of SiS motherboards that would just die on their own. Some were even broken (or semi-broken) out of the box. ECS was the worst offender. I guess everybody wanted to make them fast and the quality suffered, perhas the BGA soldering wasn't all that great. Or it could be the chips themselves that died, who knows. Point is: I've never dealt with as many bad mobos as during that era.