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it's a good camera but doesn't have LiveView if that's important (the XTi does, Sony's equivalent would be the A300 or A350).

yes, any of the uGuru equipped mobos will have a header for it.

It's also worth looking at the Sony A200 (& A300/A350 if you want LiveView like a p&s) as the Sonys are amongst the simplest cameras to use (but still have all the options if you do want to get more into it). The A200 is a bargain too at current prices.

what have you got on that hub? if you have some form of storage it may have changed the boot order.

Given that I only really came back to Intel with C2D after using exclusively AMD for many years I have no reference of using an IC7 to judge by (I did have a DFI 975 & an Asus P4C800-E Dl though). However: AB9 QuadGT without doubt 1 of the top 965 mobos IP35 series 1 of the top P35 series...

P5Q won't run SLIed 280s, it's a Crossfire mobo. 750i is basically just a 650i with a bridge chip for PCI-E 2.0 support.

I disagree about the quality going down & I've probably used more of their boards than virtually anyone else here. They are getting out of the mobo business because they can't get a decent return on investment - they aren't the first to do so & they won't be the last either (especially if the...

Possibly Biostar or J&W if either sort out UK distribution & support. Fallback is most likely Gigabyte.

You can argue this back & forth as they both have pros & cons (& indeed you can actually argue some of the same exact points from either side as a pro/con) but ultimately current generations of both perform very similarly - let's say to within 1/2 a stop. A lot of the fud is more marketing...

yes. Any IP35 Pro with BIOS14 or later (i.e. produced from about 13 months ago) should have turned on OK with a Wolfdale/Yorkie albeit reported temps may have been screwy. Not certain if they have a BIOS update for EOs yet though. Of course the Wolfdale/Yorkdale compatability problem...

well iirc an Asus P5N32 uses a Striker PCB, abit IP35 & IP35-E use same PCB etc. etc. - usually they just screenprint 1 & then stick a label over that for the other. if you have as per pic then you've won a watch, congrats.

They may not have impressed you but a lot of people liked them. The IP35 series was highly regarded (IP35 Pro considered by many to be the best allround P35 mobo) as were their mATX offerings. The AX78 is probably the best 770 chipset mobo & the A-S78H is as good a 780G as you will find...

what did the box (or CPU-Z etc.) say it is? often mobo manufacturers reuse the same PCB across several variants to keep costs down.

NF7-M wasn't aimed at same user profile as NF7-S, after all it's an IGP mobo. Possibly didn't have same level of cap. spec. or you were just unlucky but it's what, 5 years old so it's done it's job.

as a rule of thumb it's better not to, especially as flashing the BIOS properly (which includes a clearCMOS) is going to reset it anyway.