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larrymoencurly
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Is BioStar mobo quality OK?
I have a used BioStar M7VIZ v. 8.0 Socket A mobo with VIA VM400 chipset and integrated video. It was given to me because it wouldn't boot, but the problem turned out to be just a loose or corroded BIOS chip or socket. However I noticed that there's only a single 20-pin power connector, even though the CPU is powered from the +12V, and every other mobo I've seen that used +12V for CPU power also had a 4-pin ATX12V connector. Is the lack of that connector going to cause problems? I don't plan on running a super-fast CPU with it.
The rest of the build quality seems better than PC Chips or ECS. For example, the toroid coils have double-wound wire, there's a fuse instead of a soldered jumper for the rear I/O, and the heatsink for the north bridge is a lot bigger.
I have a used BioStar M7VIZ v. 8.0 Socket A mobo with VIA VM400 chipset and integrated video. It was given to me because it wouldn't boot, but the problem turned out to be just a loose or corroded BIOS chip or socket. However I noticed that there's only a single 20-pin power connector, even though the CPU is powered from the +12V, and every other mobo I've seen that used +12V for CPU power also had a 4-pin ATX12V connector. Is the lack of that connector going to cause problems? I don't plan on running a super-fast CPU with it.
The rest of the build quality seems better than PC Chips or ECS. For example, the toroid coils have double-wound wire, there's a fuse instead of a soldered jumper for the rear I/O, and the heatsink for the north bridge is a lot bigger.