Originally posted by Mandorallen of Molynnr
Um...



Either you had a DOA or it's UE. Same applies to your experiance with the KT133A. I've assembled many VIA based setups for clients (for Intel 'cause it's cheaper or AMD because it's usually the best) and I'm pretty impressed. When a client brings in a PC because he's having problems with it, it doesn't seem to be consistant with what chipset the board is based on.

Another thing, you shouldn't blame VIA if the board manufacturer is at fault. DOA's are your mainboard manufacturers fault. It happens with all of them. Don't blame the chipset.
I find it odd that Asus, Abit, and Iwill have all had problems. The only common factor I can see is the VIA chipset. I hate to say it but the only motherboard that didn't cause any problems was the MSI 850 Pro5 that my friend got for his P4 1.7GHz.