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BEWARE of the Asus M2N-SLI mobo
#1
22 Jan 2010 @ 8:49
Nat4u
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This board is not compatible with Windows 7 and your sata drives may fail you at any time, dont risk using this board with Windows 7 at all.
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#2
22 Jan 2010 @ 19:28
I find it a little hard to believe that windows 7 was a factor. The mobo is Vista ready and most vista drivers are Win 7 compatible. Infact alot of early Win 7 drivers, and to this day still, alot of drivers are the same.
I would guess it was the Mobo.
Asus = Bad
Nvidia Chipset = Bad
ASUS + Nvidia = Even Worse
I would guess it was the Mobo.
Asus = Bad
Nvidia Chipset = Bad
ASUS + Nvidia = Even Worse
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 22 Jan 2010 @ 19:30
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#4
23 Jan 2010 @ 2:41
Thats good to hear, but thats not an indication that windows 7 was the problem. Now if you try the M2N again on vista, and it works, then indeed win 7 was the problem. If it doesnt work, Win 7 obviously wasnt the culprit and it was simply the mobo going out.
I had an ASUS P5N-D fail on me in under a year.
I had an ASUS P5N-D fail on me in under a year.
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#6
23 Jan 2010 @ 19:58
The M2N-SLI is not one of Asus' worst boards, which is no honour, but it does mean it is better than hundreds of other boards the company has made. I was until today unaware that the M2N was incompatible with Win7. Believe it or not this has been a genuine issue in the past. The P5N-E SLI was one such example, only a very small handful of the boards produced could install Windows Vista due to a design defect in the hardware. Thankfully since the board is in the top 10 least reliable motherboards of all time hall of fame, it was not made a big deal of due to all the boards' other problems.
I will warn you, that there is no guarantee (or even much likelihood) that the new board you have purchased is any more reliable than the one it replaced.
I will warn you, that there is no guarantee (or even much likelihood) that the new board you have purchased is any more reliable than the one it replaced.
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#7
23 Jan 2010 @ 21:51
Originally posted by Nat4u:
I tried this board on Vista and 7 and it runs well on Vista but sata fails on 7 so it means that the board cant handle Windows 7. My new Asus M4A78L-M is working perfectly with Windows 7.
You tried it on Vista AFTER you tried Windows 7?
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#8
24 Jan 2010 @ 8:47
That's not the impression I got. From the sentence you quote it sounds like he used to use Vista, then the problems started when he upgraded to 7...
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#10
24 Jan 2010 @ 21:05
So theres no proof what so ever that windows 7 was the culprit. Im just looking at this objectively.
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#11
24 Jan 2010 @ 21:07
No, but knowing a similar story from nforce boards and Asus in the past, I'd say it's quite likely it's an OS incompatibility.
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