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To: richard surckla who wrote (66433)	2/22/2001 11:32:48 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Richard, I'm thinking about getting one of those Compaq DDR 2100 systems. I just haven't come up with an excuse to tell my wife. Any suggestions? Scumbria

To: richard surckla who wrote (66433)	2/22/2001 12:05:13 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Respond to of 93625

richard: How I read this ASUS motherboard info. It may make Scumbria and carl gloat some more and others hail a little louder about they are wrong. I have always taken the position that DDR is coming but don't expect the first efforts to be representitive of a matured product for some time. If Compaq is shipping a product this week and ASUS guessed wrong with their chipset selection the first time around, other vendors are sure to follow with DDR computers fairly shortly. However, in the rush to ship working products, I would have to believe that things are always not so certain and look for more advances and setbacks with DDR. Recalls of computers are not an uncommon problem. The determination of the realibility and quality of computers marketed to the SOHO field is not answerable until the in fact are already out in the marketplace for some time. john aceshardware.com A big thanks to Farsight for telling us on the messageboard about an e-mail he got: Dear Customer, Due to instabilities inherent in the AMD 760 chipset, Asus has decided to discontinue the A7M266 motherboard, rather than ship an immature motherboard. Asus will be releasing a new motherboard, the A7A266, which will incorporate the ALI MAGiK-1 chipset, and offer support for both SDRAM and DDR memory. The expected lead-time for shipment of this motherboard is 4 to 6 weeks. We reported a while ago that MSI and other manufacturers prefer to wait for the VIAKT266 chipset instead of promoting the AMD760 chipset boards. The latter is very sensitive to noise and needs a special layout and expensive components to work flawlessly at 266 MHz (133 MHz DDR). If this message is correct, the last manufacturer that had a 266 MHz AMD760 board, ASUS, has discontinued the board. A real shame because it overclocked very well, and did not seem to experience any problems. (Warning, I am speculating now :). It is possible that the board has not been canceled because it was not stable. The real reason could be the fact that the AMD760 chipset did not enjoy a good reputation with all the recent AMD760-motherboard problems. I wonder if the delays of the AMD760 MP (from Q4 2000-Q1 2001 to Q3 2001) chipset are not related to the "sensitivity"of the AMD760 chipset.