Any Motherboard recommendation without integrated sound, video, modem, and Ethernet ?

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From: Ted (2000_at_xxxmsn.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:24:11 -0800

Any Motherboard recommendation without integrated sound, video, modem, and
Ethernet card ?
I find buying a motherboard with above integrated hardware is a waist.
I rather have my own preferred video, sound, modem and Ethernet card for
one.
Plus motherboard makers don't update their drivers if you upgrade
the operating system.
For example, I upgraded a computer with Intel motherboard from
W2K to Win XP. Only the video card and modem worked with Intel
the drivers.
Checked their website for XP drivers:
1) The drivers were dated 2002.
     They all failed to install in XP giving error messages.
2) Intel never bothered to update the drivers, or the hardware
    was not compatible with XP.
   I didn't have a problem finding XP drivers for my hardware that
   I bought in the year 1999 in another computer.

All I see these days is motherboards with integrated hardware, unless
you want to but server level motherboards.
I know you can disable integrated hardware in CMOS, but still think
its a waist.
A good way to lure buyers in cheaper computers, while eventually
they are going to pay the full price.

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