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★★☆☆☆

“I built a budget Core2Duo PC with this motherboard....”

written by EastLancs22 on 30/08/2007

Good Points
Value for money motherboard suitable for Intel Core 2 Duo (E4300/4400) processors. Can be had for less than £30. Reasonable instruction book for set up. Plenty of features for the money.

Bad Points
BIOS failed within 3 days. Updates on website don't work. No reply from their technical department after more than 2 weeks. Only secures to case with 6 screws so flexes too much.

General Comments
I built a budget Core2Duo PC with this motherboard. After only 3 days it started to refuse to search for boot devices when switched on, and then VGA output would fail on start up as well. I assumed a BIOS fault, and on their website are 2 very recent BIOS updates that list these issues amongst others. I tried both of them, using their (not very good) instructions to the letter. The flash update utility works fine, but could not open either of the .ROM files. I e-mailed the technical service but have had nothing but an automated reply in over 2 weeks. I returned it to supplier who confirmed it faulty and refunded me. Bought an Asus instead, £20 dearer but it works!

So, this ECS Elite is a good product on paper, but poor reliability and non-existent support means never again for me.

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