Good Motherboard?

[xtpacygax]

Is this a good "old" motherboard for a socket 478 processor?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131527

Asus is a good motherboard company if I'm not right?

 

[Nukem]

Seems decent enough... I've had a couple of ASUS boards, and I've had good luck with all of them... good features, decent reviews as well.. go for it.

 

[xtpacygax]

Many people say that SATA hard drives can't be read and you need a floppy drive to install the SATA drivers. I don't have windows installed yet on the new SATA hard drive I got yet, so how can I install the drivers. By the way, I have a floppy drive, so can someone please explain this to me, I don't really understand it.

Thanks.

 

[Nukem]

The SATA drivers are on a floppy... you have to install them first (3rd party raid driver - F6) before windows will see the sata drive.

 

[xtpacygax]

Oh, and can I do that before I even install Windows? And where do I get this floppy from?

 

[Nukem]

it should come with the mobo, and yes it's done before the windows install. Sometimes it's not even needed... depending on the board windows will see it right away...