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<blockquote data-quote="backslash" data-source="post: 204485" data-attributes="member: 27127">My Setup:ASUS M2A-VM HDMI BIOS 1501 using onboard GPU and Catalyst 7.8Philips Flat TV connected as secondary display via HDMI and TFT as primary display via DVI.It all works perfect but it was a hell to get there! I built many systems before but no motherboard made me such headaches before as this Asus did. Nearly all BIOS Versions until 1501 were crap. 1501 is still crap but less crap than the versions before. Asus released so many BIOS Versions in a short period of time that it looks like try and error to get things fixed.Just take a look at the Asus forum concerning this motherboard and then you'll realize what's really going on:<a href="http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?elitepost=0&amp;SLanguage=en-us&amp;board_id=1&amp;model=M2A-VM+HDMI" target="_blank">http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?elitepost=0&amp;SLanguage=en-us&amp;board_id=1&amp;model=M2A-VM+HDMI</a>I (tried to) build a second system for my friend with the same board and similar components like mine but i did not get his system stable. E.G. no way to get it booting with 2 quality DIMMS in Dual Channel mode. It only boots with one DIMM. Furthermore sound is stuttering with random crashes and so on...So that is what i meant with my post before: This board and it's drivers are crap.In my opinion there are no todos for mediaportal developers here. The only guys who must get their jobs done are Asus with a 100% working BIOS and ATI with a 100% working driver.backslash</blockquote>

[QUOTE="backslash, post: 204485, member: 27127"] My Setup: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI BIOS 1501 using onboard GPU and Catalyst 7.8 Philips Flat TV connected as secondary display via HDMI and TFT as primary display via DVI. It all works perfect but it was a hell to get there! I built many systems before but no motherboard made me such headaches before as this Asus did. Nearly all BIOS Versions until 1501 were crap. 1501 is still crap but less crap than the versions before. Asus released so many BIOS Versions in a short period of time that it looks like try and error to get things fixed. Just take a look at the Asus forum concerning this motherboard and then you'll realize what's really going on: [url]http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?elitepost=0&SLanguage=en-us&board_id=1&model=M2A-VM+HDMI[/url] I (tried to) build a second system for my friend with the same board and similar components like mine but i did not get his system stable. E.G. no way to get it booting with 2 quality DIMMS in Dual Channel mode. It only boots with one DIMM. Furthermore sound is stuttering with random crashes and so on... So that is what i meant with my post before: This board and it's drivers are crap. In my opinion there are no todos for mediaportal developers here. The only guys who must get their jobs done are Asus with a 100% working BIOS and ATI with a 100% working driver. backslash [/QUOTE]

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