PC Chips M848ALU Review

Good Points
I found this board to be average

Bad Points
PS2 ports would not work with sempron CPU.
Also likes to fry memory

General Comments
I ordered this PC Chips M848ALU motherboard online for a Christmas present. Poor planning on my part because I expected no problems. Right from the start it would not see any keyboard, PS2 or USB. It was too late to return for a replacement for Christmas so I bought a different board locally. I then sent it back for a replacement and when the second one came it did recognize a USB keyboard but not the PS2. It was up and running for about 45 minutes and it fried my new Kingston memory. Officemax acccepted the memory back thankfully. Perhaps it was the Sempron CPU that it didn't like. I had not flashed the BIOS yet if it had not fried my memory I would have. I'm still waiting on my vendor to see what they will do. I ask for a different make of board.