Just so that people thinking of buying this mobo are not misled, the msi k8n board is not shipped with the wireless/bluetooth card mentioned in all the reviews. Until recently the msi adverts listed the card in the specifications for the board. MSI have been hastily updating the web sites, but these pages still have the misleading advert:
http://msicomputer.co.uk/Products.aspx?product_id=703526&cat_id=77
http://www.msi-computer.fr/index.php?page=13&id_type_produit=9&id_prod=291
MSI have not included the cards, and now say that we will have to pay to get them. They have put up an image of two product labels for the motherboard:
http://diamondclub.msi.com.tw/eng/forum/viewthread.php?tid=44&fpage=1
The product label that lists the wifi card is obviously photoshopped from the image that doesn't have the card. I believe that MSI have created this image as they do not have any motherboards boxed with the wifi cards in yet, and are trying to make us beleve that we have not been misled by their advertisements.
The creative sound on the motherboard will not work if your power supply does not have a -5v connection.
The silicon image raid controller does not work.
Apart from these problems the motherboard is excellent. MSI have successfully irritated all the early purchasers of this board with their misleading adverts. If you purchase this expensive board you will have to pay extra for wireless/bluetooth, may have to purchase a new powersupply that has a -5v connection, and will have to wait for MSI to get a correct driver for the silicon image SATA controller.
http://msicomputer.co.uk/Products.aspx?product_id=703526&cat_id=77
http://www.msi-computer.fr/index.php?page=13&id_type_produit=9&id_prod=291
MSI have not included the cards, and now say that we will have to pay to get them. They have put up an image of two product labels for the motherboard:
http://diamondclub.msi.com.tw/eng/forum/viewthread.php?tid=44&fpage=1
The product label that lists the wifi card is obviously photoshopped from the image that doesn't have the card. I believe that MSI have created this image as they do not have any motherboards boxed with the wifi cards in yet, and are trying to make us beleve that we have not been misled by their advertisements.
The creative sound on the motherboard will not work if your power supply does not have a -5v connection.
The silicon image raid controller does not work.
Apart from these problems the motherboard is excellent. MSI have successfully irritated all the early purchasers of this board with their misleading adverts. If you purchase this expensive board you will have to pay extra for wireless/bluetooth, may have to purchase a new powersupply that has a -5v connection, and will have to wait for MSI to get a correct driver for the silicon image SATA controller.
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