OK, I have just about had it with this board. I think I need to RMA it, and just call it a day. Maybe a different MoBo would be something to think about as well...

After the months of tweaking and testing and hassle with Vista64 Ultimate I gave up, removed 2 sticks of my beautiful Corsair Dominator and reinstalled XP SP2. Problems should mostly go away, right?

Wrong!

The problems only started. At first everything seemed to be running fine, then I got my second 8800GTX....and guess what? Now nothing wants to work. No problem, I think its time to flash the BIOS, because everything I have tried was with the BIOS that shipped with the board.

Now, I have unknown device errors, I can't install the mass storage device drivers, and the machine likes to get caught in random boot loops when I reboot, for no particular reason.

As if this all weren't bad enough, the machine INSISTS that I need to register windows, WHICH IT WONT LET ME DO BECAUSE IT CANNOT FIND THE T1 INTERNET CONNECT I AM CONNECTED TO. So, even if I got the machine running, it wouldnt matter because my copy of windows is obviously only good for about 24 days before I need to register...

Oh, and BTW, this is the second fresh install of XP SP2 I have tried, and it still isn't working.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I can't even get this piece of to run stock speed and boot stable. IMHO, this board is a huge waste of money and I am about ready to take it out to the dessert and shoot it.

Anyone else EVER had this sort of a problem from a board, and more specifically, a BIOS update?

--Skrips