[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

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I would avoid this board like the plague if you have a SATA2 drive. Go to the threads on the Asus forum to see what I am talking about. Asus are not saying a word and its looking more and more likely to be a hardware fault which IS NOT fixable via BIOS update. There is no UK support number only a website (what a joke!). I still cannot believe that this has passed quality control... I mean, did they not test this on a SATA2 drive? I just cannot believe that they even tested this to be honest. And another thing, how come none of the reviewers online have spotted this? Or is this a case of not wanting to upset Asus so they keep getting their free boards?

Anyway, im going to go and calm down now .

I have 2 SATA II harddrives, they are seagate 7200.10, they are both working perfectly in SATA II AHCI or IDE mode (not RAID) in my rig.
Or I can later post some pictures to prove.