ASUS Motherboards - are they reliable anymore?

AMO

Hi,

My last PC used an ASUS motherboard:
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe S939 NF4 SLI ATX - Sound 2xgln 1394 USB2 SATA

The motherboard was fine except that it developed a problem with one of the onboard fans which developed a whistling noise - absolutely awful. Returned it to get a replacement that did the same.

Now I am thinking of building a new PC and thought I'd go for this motherboard:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=24119910275&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=113971

However, I look in the customer reviews and saw the same problem...
'The second more minor issue is that it makes a god-aweful whistling noise now and again'

Are ASUS going downhill with their motherboards? If I get the fan problem on my next computer I'd be really disappointed.

I'd try other brands, but with my original computer, after the second ASUS motherboard, I tried this one:
DFI NF4 Infinity SKT939 nForce4 chipset Dual DDR400 PCI-E SATA ATX
However, it worked fine when I first put the motherboard in, but within days, it started to crash and then everytime I boot into Windows it reboots the PC in a never ending cycle. Just returned it, but I don't seem to be having much luck at the moment.

AMO

Seagull

I've had Asus mobo's in the past and never had any problems. You might find some info here. http://tomshardware.co.uk/index.html

Zagu

Ive just had a horrible experience with an Asus.

After years of good service, my A7V8X packed up. I took the opportunity to go to PCI-E/DDR2, and thought Id also give myself the option of SLI in the future, so got a P5NSLI.

After building the new PC, I still had crashing problems, which was strange as most of the components were new. I had a couple of friends look at it, and we replaced every part, but it still had problems. Eventually I bit the bullet, and got another motherboard, this time a Gigabyte. Problems solved. It turned out the new Asus was faulty/incompatible.

To add insult, my friend upgraded their old PC with my A7V8X, and it works fine now. It turned out that my case had become distorted over the years (of abuse) and was putting too much stress on the AGP port.:mad:

So, even though I think that they are good, my current experience with them hasnt been good.

Blacksheep1979

asus are perfectly fine - had loads of their products and always good, the only probs I've ever really seen are some brands of memory are incompatible in dual channel mode on some of their motherboards

wolfman

I've always found Asus to be excellent. With regards to the fan, it won't just be Asus that suffer from such a problem. Often the fan placed on the north/south bridge is of poor quality, or runs at a very high rpm. You sometimes get the same with graphics cards. I usually end up replacing them after a while, or using something like SpeedFan to reduce the rpm.

With regards to problems, I've yet to have a single build where there hasn't been a problem. The newer the board, the more likely there'll be a problem. It just takes time (for new BIOS updates) and experience (learning what causes the problems and how to get around them).

The Crosshair does very well in reviews from what I've seen. You may also want to consider the MSI K9N Diamond.

rygon

ive just ad my psu beak down on me..sorted that ou but my motherboard wont ower up any more (no grapics or whatever from the monitor is showing) taken everything out cept mb, processor and graphics card (tried 2) and still get the same...guessing its the mb...still under warrenty thought so ho wwould i take it ack?? oh yeh its an asus k8v-se deluxe

Blacksheep1979

you having problems with your keyboard as well?

How you take it back will depend on where you got it from - if from a shop just return it and they'll probably test it, if from online then you'll need an rma number then return it.