First post, by jasa1063
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I can start off with two Socket 7 motherboards the I am no longer using.
PC Chips M599LMR with SIS 530 chipset:
This mATX board was just plain bad no matter which way you sliced it. I had compatibility problems with the PCI slots and even if I did get a video card to work in one of them, the performance was at least 30% slower than it should have been. Network cards were not much better. On top of that the built in video and sound were nothing to write home about either. The Sound Blaster Pro emulation only worked in Windows 9x and from the pure DOS I could only get Adlib sound working. The board finally just gave out and I gave it to a friend to mess around with.
Amptron PM-8600B with VIA VPX chipset:
I got this when I bought a computer case. I thought I would at least try it out and had a very similar experience like the M599LMR. PCI performance was well below what is should have been and again I had compatibility issues too. Memory performance was well below what it should have been even with SDRAM. I just swapped it out for an Asus TXP4 with an Intel 430TX chipset and that motherboard runs flawlessly.
That's my short list. Let's hear about your bad motherboard experiences.