Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[Ric Moore]

On 03/06/2013 02:24 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> :
>> In your case, did you really mean that you installed a PCI card or a PCIe
>> card?
>>
> PCI - it was an old one.  I actually put two in in case one of them
> didn't work, but the first one was fine all the way.
>
> My issue is that when I buy a piece of new hardware, I expect it to
> function as stated.  In this case, if this went wrong on the
> motherboard up front, what else could go wrong later?
>
> I took it back and got a Gigabyte, but when I got it home I realized
> it had no SATA III ports (I misread the spec: SATA 3Gb/s != SATA III),
> so I need a more expensive one (damn).
>
> Then the power supply died.  <sigh>


Best check that little stamped out plate and make sure you aren't making 
the smoke come out with a misaligned finger jammed into some plug. 
<grins> Ric
p/s I have had great luck with ASUS


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