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From: Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:39:12
Message-Id: 4D0BBC04.3080101@numericable.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ? by Mark Knecht
1 Le 17/12/2010 20:18, Mark Knecht a gentiment tapote:
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4 Jacques
5 Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>
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7 > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Jacques Montier
8 > <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr> wrote:
9 > <SNIP>
10 >> Here are the specs :
11 >> http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3502#ov
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13 >>
14 >> Cheers,
15 >>
16 >>
17 >> Jacques
18 > I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
19 > don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
20 > them so I suspect they are fine.
21 >
22 > I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
23 > from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
24 > doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
25 > probably a good candidate.
26 >
27 > Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
28 > to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
29 > Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
30 >
31 > Good luck.
32 >
33 > - Mark
34 >
35 Thank you Mark,
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38 Jacques