Anadtech takes a first look at three available KT266A mainboards namely: EPoX 8KHA+
MSI K7T266 Pro2
Shuttle AK31 Revision 3.1 They perform quite well, but it seems noone has noticed that there are some BIOS issues with the MSI board! For the stuck FSB issue, move your DIMM module to the slot nearest the CPU and all shall be cured. This only occurs in the 3.00 BIOS. In the newer 3.10 BIOS, this issue is gone, but memory performance seems to be lower than in 3.00. So flash back to 3.00 if you are running it and pop your memory in the slot nearest the CPU. That FYI on judging the MSI board. Check the short comparison via the above link!
MSI K7T266 Pro2
Shuttle AK31 Revision 3.1 They perform quite well, but it seems noone has noticed that there are some BIOS issues with the MSI board! For the stuck FSB issue, move your DIMM module to the slot nearest the CPU and all shall be cured. This only occurs in the 3.00 BIOS. In the newer 3.10 BIOS, this issue is gone, but memory performance seems to be lower than in 3.00. So flash back to 3.00 if you are running it and pop your memory in the slot nearest the CPU. That FYI on judging the MSI board. Check the short comparison via the above link!
