SLCentral Forum - Abit KT7-RAID Motherboard Review

12-26-00, 07:05 PM

Dave

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Post your comments on the Abit KT7-RAID Motherboard Review.

Review: http://www.systemlogic.net/reviews/...ds/abit/kt7raid

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01-29-01, 02:23 PM

Dave

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I thought this was an interesting move made by a company that sells systems. (http://www.ultimatepcpower.com)

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">At ULTIMATE, speed is useless without stability. For that reason, we've decided to no longer use Abit's KT7-RAID and KT7A-RAID motherboards in our systems or carry Abit motherboards on our site. In the process of configuring a system, we experienced a myriad of problems related to the ATA100 RAID implementation as well as instability issues resulting from USB support. In searching for solutions to the problems, we came across a TON of posts at a number of forums describing the same problems, so many that we realized it was a serious issue. What really cemented the decision was a review at SystemLogic.net that hit much too close to home. We've been pretty fortunate with Abit motherboards but we decided to not take any chances. Because we can not in good conscience recommend Abit 'boards, we also chose to not carry Abit motherboards for resale.

This is not meant as a slight to the many satisfied Abit customers or Abit itself, which has a reputation for making some of the best motherboards on the planet. But, like we've stated before, ULTIMATE does not compromise. In our opinion, Abit's KT7-RAID and KT7A-RAID motherboards have an unacceptably high rate of defects and we will not pass the risk on to our clients. When evidence mounts to the contrary, we will then recontinue carrying those or future Abit motherboards.

We've decided to substitute the boards with the MSI K7T Pro 2-A/Promise FastTrak ATA100 RAID controller combo. Both items are known for being very stable and performing extremely well and will make excellent, though slightly more costly, replacements for the Abit 'boards. We're satisfied that this is in the best interest of our clients and our reputation.</font>

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01-29-01, 07:07 PM

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This review is from November 27th, 2000
in the meantime Abit replaced the board with the KT7A-RAID which features a new northbridge.

The following link leads to a current discussion about my request for a review about the new board.
http://www.systemlogic.net/boards/f...TML/000005.html

For some reason the reviewer, jonnyGURU, decided not to comment on some of the more interesting aspects of the idea.

In other words, an Abit approved review of actual store-shelf KT7A boards, preferably from more than one supplier.

Comment in this thread if you like, jonny,

Thanks,

Prog.

01-29-01, 09:47 PM

jonnyGURU

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The Northbridge is not what makes Abits poor quality, but I will consider the idea once the new model is in full swing.

I'm on more of a DDR kit myself.

Anyhoo, Dave: There was a similar blurb on CompuCheap's website. It's gone now, but they still don't carry Abit.

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02-21-01, 09:02 AM

ruquick

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I must be one of the lucky ones. I have not had any problems with my KT7-Raid mobo. I am very pleased with it. I liked it so much I bought one for my 6yr. old son too. I now have two of them in my household. The only thing that has given me a hard time is my sons MX300 sound card. I fixed that with the Vortex driver and all is well now. The KT7s seem to have a little better memory bandwith then some of the competition when using the WZ bios. If I upgrade for any reason then I will probably get the KT7a-Raid. The article was very interesting though. I would like to see a socket a mobo that has some memory bandwith that can come close to or equal the P4 stuff (rambus or whatever its called). The P4 is already out classed by the T-Bird with its sorry memory bandwith so just imagine what it would be like if the T-Bird had some rambus memory or something equivelent.