ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+ Nvidia 8200 DDR2-1066 Nvidia Geforce 8200 IGP mATX Motherboard Review
I bought this Asus board to replace a MSI board that had gone bad. I installed it, hooked it up, turned it on, and it booted up the very first time. It had no problem with my old memory which is slower than 1066 (800 I think). I had to re-do my network settings which is par for the course with a new mobo.
Now for the fancy stuff. Despite the fact that this board has THREE video hookups (VGA, HDMI, DVI), only ONE of them will work at a time because of the limitation of the Nvidia 8200. So for dual monitors you need to add a graphics card. Luckily I had one ready.
Then I tried the digital audio. The manual said coaxial SPDIF but it was actually optical TOSLINK on the board. I could not get it to work, even with the latest development version of Ubuntu 10.04. From what I could find on the support forums, you need to use the built-in HDMI (and perhaps *only* that) for video in order for digital audio to work, and nobody outside the Windows universe has ever done it successfully.
Analog audio worked with no fuss when I tried it.
ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+ Nvidia 8200 DDR2-1066 Nvidia Geforce 8200 IGP mATX Motherboard Feature
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ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+ Nvidia 8200 DDR2-1066 Nvidia Geforce 8200 IGP mATX Motherboard Overview
With an onboard Nvidia 8 series GPU, the M3N78-VM motherboard from ASUS offers support for HDMI and the latest AM2 CPU's, including 140W. With ASUS Express Gate, you can access online functions in seconds and save power, with ASUS EPU Technology.p to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport 3.0 based system bus.This motherboard supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon /Sempron processors. It features 2000/1600 MT/s HyperTransport -based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology.This motherboard supports native DDR2 1066. It provides faster data transfer rate and more bandwidth to increase memory data transfer rate and computing efficiency, enhancing system performance in 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications.
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Customer Reviews
Corporate Stable Solid Mobo - M. Hathaway - Fort Worth, TX
After months of trying to find a stable mobo for my build, a previous Gigabyte mobo was defective, I found this one at Frys. It is 100% compatible with all my hardware and I have had no real issues with its performance.
PROS:
* Stable
* Compatibility with AM2/AM2+ processors
* Fast boot up & POST
* 4 slots for DDR2 (in a DDR3 world)
* DVI/VGA/HDMI support
* Blu-Ray support
CONS:
* Raid issues (I did not configure mine for raid)
* No firewire
* Poor placement for power switch connections
A+ Cert., former CC firedog
Excellent motherboard with lots of features - M. Hancock - Eaton Rapids, MI
Another excellent quality product from Asus. Bought it as a replacement for a HP board that went bad, dropped it in and it worked beautifully. No problems, lots of features, decent quality video for an integrated chip (the option of using it in an SLI setup is a neat feature as well), I'm very happy with my purchase.
worst board ever! - D. J. McClary -
Wasted weeks of my life trying to get his to work with RAID, worst board ever! MCSE datacenter professional!
*** Posted by Alisa : Apr 08, 2010 20:42:24
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