Owned this Motherboard for nearly 10 months.I was going to install a Phenom processor,but decided on an Athalon 64,X2 4600+ low Wattage(65W) processor,just to get it set-up, and running..This motherboard constantly Blue screens, and Crashes.I started with 2 Gb.of OCZ PC2-6400 (vista upgrade Kit)memory,Running Vista Ultimate 32 bit,a 450W powersupply.8 Fans in the Case(thought I had a possible Heat problem).Thinking that I had a Heat issue Causing the Crashes,The CPU is Now Liquid cooled.That did nothing for the Crashes.Added a Sapphire HD 3470 Graphix Card,and set-up the System for HyBrid CrossfireX,again no difference in the System instability regardless of which Video output I Choose.My next Change was to upgrade the Power Supply,Thinking that possibly,that,it was the problem.Installed a New OCZ GameXstream 700W power supply,again, no Difference in performance what-so-ever..The latest upgrade to the Motherboard was another OCZ 2 Gb.of OCZ PC2-6400(Platinum).Guess What?, it Still Crashes.I`ve tried Every Bios Update Released and I have had Nothing But dissapointment, Time and Again.I have had a Taste of what this MotherBoard can do,if,It Stays Running.HD Video Is Just,"Awesome"I have managed to once or Twice keep it operating for a couple hours .Gaming ?Well I have no oppinion,can`t keep the System operating long enough to even bother Trying a game on it,Same with surfing the Web.I`ll continue to try to make a Dependable system out of this Board,but when it get`s to "Our" 1 Year Anniversary .If It`s Still not Working as it should I`ll remove all The Quality Components I`ve added to it,and Make it into a $ 100.00 (CDN)Frisbee,and Fire it into the Bushes.10 Months and Still not Working Properly.That`s completely rediculous!and not for my Lack of trying all combinations of Settings,and Components..If I get it working correctly ,I`ll change this review or give an update.I`m hoping there will be a Magic, Bios Update, that will give me my Sanity Back,SOON !There`s always HOPE !! LOL
Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI
AMD 780G/SB700 / Micro ATX / Socket AM2+ / No WLAN
Manufacturer: Asus |
Product category: Motherboards
| Chipset | AMD 780G/SB700 |
| Form factor | Micro ATX |
| CPU socket | Socket AM2+ |
| Max number of CPUs | 1 |
| BIOS | AMI |
| Memory type | DDR II |
| Supported memory speeds | DDR2-400?/DDR2-533/DDR2-667/DDR2-800/DDR2-1066? |
| Memory slots | 4 |
| Max. RAM | 8192 MB |
| SATA | Yes |
| SATA RAID | Yes |
| PCI slots | 2 |
| PCI-E x1 | 1 |
| PCI-E x16 | 1 |
| AGP type | No AGP slots |
| Integrated sound adapter | Yes |
| Integrated graphics | Yes |
| Dedicated graphics memory | 256 MB |
| Number of LAN adapters | 1 integrated Ethernet adapter |
| LAN type | 1000Mbps |
| Integrated WLAN | No WLAN |
| Manufacturer product code(s) | 90-MIB3P0-G0EAY00Z / M3A78-EHM HDMI / M3A78-EHM-HDMI / M3A78-EMH HDMI |
| UPC / EAN code(s) | 4719543159910 |
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