>>I recently purchased one of those boxes. Becare that the one you purchase does not include the DEFECTIVE VIA chipset, featuring the SouthBridge techlogogy.
>>It prevents moving over 100MB of data while you are using the sound chips. I.E., can't burn CDs - the process dies at about 100MB.
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>I haven't heard of the VIA problem. Can the defective chipset be identified before buying it?
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>Thanks!
VIA hasn't announced a patch yet, but here is what I've heard:
http://www.viahardware.com/talkback/989413845,93307,.shtm
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