Shuttle AK35GT2 Motherboard

Pros: 333 chip-set, ATA133, 4G DDR ram, 5.1 sound, 6 pci, stable and fast.
Cons: None

General:
This is not my first Shuttle motherboard, it's my 6th. I wrote about my AK35GTR-266 (http://www.epinions.com/content_79794572932)
and it was a great board. When I bought this one and used it a...

I purchased one board, and it was DOA, I RMA'd it and got another DOA MoBo from Shuttle. What a waste of $100. This is the biggest rip off I have ever encountered. James

Overall, I had a easy time installing this, it only took 3.5 total hours to build my pc, and the manual for this motherboard was my guidebook. It took me through every detail.. Eventually, i figured out that the ^ was the earlier pin (ie, pin 1 not pin 6 and so on). After that, it was easy to finish hooking it all up. The only problem was, the bundled processor was not as fast as it should have been (the 1800 is supposed to be 1.55 ghz, although the board reports 1.35ghz). This could be a bios problem, i'm not sure (it uses phoenix bios).