Hi Ronnie, Your suggestion was a good one! I built a system using the ASUS P5Q (SE version) and the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT for video, and you're right, it boots like lightning! And the VESA mode seems just fine...very responsive, no problems for my use scenario. So far, it doesn't seem to recognize USB devices, which is puzzling since they worked for you. Did you do anything special in order for USB to notice attached devices? Dane