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Well say goodbye to ethernet port number 5. I have given up on the onboard port. I bought a Netgear GA311 10/100/1000 board and put in my system. Since I currently have 12 HDD in my system I guess I'll be looking for a new MB soon any way so I can get rid of my IDEs and go to 16 total SATA drives. I guess its P5B-VM DO here I come.

I wish it were that simple. One of my failures was with the system attached to my 100meg Baystack switch. I also have 7 other devices attached to the same switch with no ill effects, and I have used different ports at different times for the server. It's the mobo plain and simple. Read the posts on the ASUS site and you'll be a believer too. I am a huge ASUS fan and use thier mobos in MANY systems here at home and at work. I'm not throwing rocks, only reporting my observations.

Well I just lost ethernet number four on this motherboard. I put my FIFTH P5PE-VM motherboard in a year into service. I guess I'll keep this up till Newegg won't ship me a new one . After that I guess I'll try something else, or a NIC card. At least with the case I use the MB is on one side and the HDDs are on the other side making the MB swap pretty easy.

The last one I put in service has benn running well since December. Maybe I finally got a good one. Still keep a spare on hand though. Should I build another server though I will want to use another MB.

Well I just had my second ethernet failure on a P5PE-VM motherboard. I'll be installing my spare and sending this one back to ASUS for repair. This is looking like it's going to become a P.I.T.A. Maybe third time is a charm!

The MB I got as a replacement has been running fine, knock on wood. I do however, now have a spare. Cheap insurance if you ask me.

I had the P5PE-VM I built my server on fail its onboard ethernet port after about 3 weeks. I ordered a new replacement MB and installed it today. I'll be sending it back for a replacement. I thought I'd let everyone know so we can see if this is the start of a trend or simply an isolated incident. I have owned many ASUS MBs and this is only the second failure I have had.