BIOSTAR N4SLI-A9 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Reviewed By: on 6/22/2006

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: inexpensive

Cons: I've received 2 of these mobos so far and neither works...and for different reasons.

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Calm Down its the BIOS

Reviewed By: on 5/31/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros: Ok at first it looked like a flop board. Anything over 222 HT bus frequency would crash the board. I dont give up easily aftrt some research I discovered the T Series Bios is compatible with this board. I used Winflasher and updated to the latest 2006 TForce 4 SLI BIOS. Cleared the problems right up including the LAN issue. Im running a Athlon 64 3000+ Venice at 267 HT 2.4 GHz satble as can be. SLI works great with 2 Albatron 7600GS 256MB Cards. I overclocked them and they are just the slightest bit slower than the 7900GT in my 2.6GHZ Dual Core Opteron 165 rig. Update the Bios and you will be fine.

Cons: Too much tinkering to get it to work. I was about to give up on this board but Im glad I found the fix. The chipset fan is very cheap and Im sure I will be replacing it.

Other Thoughts: Ram compatibility was very good after the Bios update. I started with a gig of Elixir DDR 400 and then put in 2 GB of kingston Value ram PC3200.

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Great Board..Great Manufacturer

Reviewed By: on 5/31/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Bought Refurbished for a great price. If you aren't aware, refurb means probably all you'll get is the board which is what I got. Installed and worked fine right out of the box. I emailed Biostar and they sent me a SLI Bridge and I/O Panel in 5 days. SLI works great.

Cons: It was Refurb so I can find none for what I expected.

Other Thoughts: This is the 23rd Biostar Mobo I've used and have never had a problem. Excellent Customer Service.

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