"John Adams" wrote in message
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I have a P5K and have no issues, so do lots of other people. Not saying
there may not be any issues with certain hardware or configurations. That
person saying there are issues may be referring to an old bios version
when the mb was first released. That is a common complaint about many mb's
when they are first released. He said P5K and not just P5K-VM so I assume
he is referring to all P5K mb's. For decent cheap ram look for 2x1gb of
Patriot Signature Line DDR2 800mhz. That's what I use on the P5K and have
no problems, I've even overclocked this ram in the past too with no
problems.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/22489...G800K/Patriot/

I've used Asus motherboards for many years without any serious issues.
Occasionally, a BIOS update is required to solve a minor problem, but they
are generally very reliable.

Has anyone here purchased a recent P5K-VM without an issue? There are some
(Googled) reports of an "Overclocking failed" message, even without
overclocking. This appears to result from the user operating the power
button twice, when the first press causes the system to start but only
briefly. Another three to six seconds of delay then follows when the user
(rightly) initially believes the system is still off. This second press
causing the BIOS to report POST errors.

Thanks again.