Wow! I read the review and specs and this sounds like a low-priced robust-featured mobo. I am building up a new box and this could be the mobo answer I have been seeking. Problem is that it is also pretty hard to find, impossibly so in a barebones or mobo-cpu-ram package deal. I have an additional question to Robert's. Anyone tested this thing for RF noise around AM, shortwave, VFH & UHF radios? My application requires that the mobo not generate significant RF noise (the Intel boards and others have good reputations for running RF-quiet even with the case open). Thanks! doc Robert Ahlskog wrote:

I am thinking of upgrading my (old?) computer, and the cost/preformance ratio tells me that I should go for this MB. I will at the same time spring for a AthlonXP 3000+ with 400MHz FSB and DDR-ram to match.

Now from what I read on www.viaarena.com they have quite good linux drivers including precompiled for SuSE 8.2, which happens to be the version of choice for me until I know I can upgrade without experiancing all the small troubles I see on this list. This mobo has it all and it worries me: ATA-raid, SATA, USB2.0, NIC, Sound. Has anyone tried a similar mobo, and if so could they tell me of their experiances.

Sigh, I'll have to reinstall Windows when/if i buy it, well that's a lesser problem. A blessing acctually, it is growing full of small anoying and impossible to fix errors.(as any version of it does after a year)