> Whether it is a pair of defective boards, or a real design flaw in the
> VD133PL or the VIA 133Pro itself, I don't know.
> 
> But I'm losing my patience with these systems and need one of them deployed
> yesterday, so I am going to see if I can get the computer store to let me
> try a newer i815 board in these guys before I buy it.

Okay, I now have a pair of Asus CUSL2 (i815E) motherboards and the problems
are gone. I've had UDMA66 blasting for over a day with no failures; same
processors, memory and everything else.

Can I file a PR against the buggy VIA chipset???

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