Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67 any good?

I have the P67 and despite having some serious issues at the moment (most likely caused by my HD or the build I've done) it's brilliant. A really nice Bios, easy to use and feels and looks great. The TUF coating and technology is a gimic but it makes it a lot easier to handle during the build process. I would recomend not getting a Samsung Spinpoint F3 with it though, it's causing me grief beyond belief!
 
Drahl said:
I would recomend not getting a Samsung Spinpoint F3 with it though, it's causing me grief beyond belief!
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What problems are you having?

I've had issues with F3s and some SB motherboards - they're usually resolved by upgrading the HDD's firmware from the samsung site and flashing the MB BIOS to the latest release.

The HDD firmware update is usually the most crucial.
 
Hey Plec,

I've posted here with full details:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18322705

Edit: hit enter without being in the text box so posted prematurely so to speak.

Mainly, I'm having some serious issues with my PC full stop right now. It keeps making me restore windows once in a while (generally after a back up image is attempted or completed). Last night i fiddled with the wiring on the sata ports and swapped the dima 1 slots to dim 2 slots for the ram to see if it made a difference and the PC corrupted beyond belief. Spent the evening restoring again and finally got it working but keep getting "windows explorer has stopped working" messages every once in a while. I'm really just not sure if it's caused by the HD having read/write issues or not anymore. The details are all in the other post but let me know if you need any specific details or questions answered.

I'm quite nervous about flashing my bios or HD. I've never done it before - whilst being reasonable coputer literate I am not a expert by a long shot and could seriously screw it up. So, flash bios to latest version on MOBO then update the HD software during boot from a cd i take it? I tried to get the diag tool for the samsung disc to work on boot and it just refuses. Really strange.

Any help you can offer is seriously appreciated, I'm going mental at my PC at the moment.
 
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