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.