Am I asking for a world of hurt with this board? It is a Via based board (K8M800 chipset). I've done some searching here, and it sounds almost like there are a few people that have made this work without the DMA troubles that are crippling other Via systems.

I'm looking to set this up as a frontend, so it would be doing playback only, are the DMA troubles that other via boards see only issues when building a backend or back/frontend system?


Here's a link to the board itself.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/main ... K8M800-M7A

The issues w/ Via as for earlier chipsets. However, only death and taxes....

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cesman

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Okay, I may give this board a go then.

The price is right, and I think I can make a pretty strong frontend system for a reasonable price by using this mobo.

I'll be sure to report back my findings.