AT, not all the reviews at Eggheads are included in the product descriptions. There are many products that work great , BUT because people have no problem with them they never come back to post a "Thank You" or "Good Product" report. People always get pissed
and write, when they have problems. Soooooo just take that with a grain of salt
and look for the few complaints and read what actually happened. Just as your mobo was replaced by ASUS (which I also use)
other manufacturers are also very good about taking care of their customers. As competition in the industry gets tougher, these companies want to mkae sure you look at their products next time your going to purchase!
Get the mobo that best fits the system you currently have.
Make sure you update the drivers for the board. WinXP should have no problems with configuring itself with the new mobo. Just be prepared to wait, while XP refreshes its registry files.