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

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From: ?Arthur (._at_..com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:52:30 +1300

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"Ted" <2000@xxxmsn.com> wrote in message
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> 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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