This board does NOT run well in vista, mainly due to the lack of a proper vista driver for nForce3. Nvidia have released an audo driver, but that is all.
This board sufferes from problems with certain video cards and SATA drives under vista, as well as occasional problems with USB resources.
The Box the board comes in says it is Vista compatible, but in febuary 2007, nVidia decided to drop any form of Vista support for Nforce 2 & 3 chipsets.
Works well in XP but is a complete failure in Vista. ASRock will not provide a compatible replacement board or a refund. ...
Magicthise 21.11.2007
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This is more a warning than a review.
This MOBO is NOT VISTA capable when using a dual core processor and an ATI AGP graphics card - Google:- 'problems with AM2NF3-VST X1950' for details.
(Asrock have recently added a waiver to their website stating AM2NF3-VSTA won't work with VISTA, ATI graphics card and dual core processor)
Asrock do not intend to provide VISTA drivers for this VISTA certified MOBO.
It might well work with a unicore processor and VISTA but it is marketed as a dual core VISTA capable AGP motherboard !!!
Also the Product information states that it supports DDR 400 RAM - you must fit DDR2 RAM on this motherboard !!
Very Poor performance as a VISTA MOBO -
Excellent if you intend to use XP ...
Rob1000000 09.09.2007
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Advantages: Very good, Well built, Everything is there Disadvantages: none
...without a fan. After emailing ASRock themselves, i got a reply the next day with detailed information about every fan available, and what they recommend to be the best, so support is great aswell.
I currently have Vista installed, and this copes well with it as it was produced for Vista.
To anybody who is looking to purchase a motherboard, i seriously recommend this one to be a great buy ...
stephan_pieri 07.04.2007
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