I agree, I've had huge problems with Intel motherboard over the years.  I'm usually an early adopter and always get hit with memory compatibility issues and I find Intel is slowest at coming up with fixes.  But when they work, they work well.  but that has been the case for all motherboards for me.  I've never had a motherboard go out without it being my fault. - lol
-=Mark=-
ps, was this suppose to be a reply to someone's thread?  It seems kind of a strange post considering this is a community forum with the community helping each other with computer problems.