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oh by the way im an IT in computer hardware so dont think im just talking here without knowing what im actually saying. worst 110 dollars spent in my life, havent been more dissapointed in my life. Ok so bought this product through amazon great service, but bad product not amazons fault but mine, ok the other reviews about this mobo being good maybe dont use a 800mhz ddr2 ram, and if they do, they dont know that in the bios settings its actually working at 667mhz, okay so here is the problem, if you change this parameter in te bios to 800mhz which it says it supports, the mobo dies, how. well it appears that if you do that the motherboard will go crazy and there will be no way to reset the bios, because it will turn on and 1 second later it will turn off, ive tried everything that support from intel have said, nothing happens, so please save yourself a headech and dont buy this motherboard spend a few more bucks and buy any other, NOT INTEL.
I can only conclude that there is a design flaw somewhere, and therefore it's back to the DP and DQ35 series for me (those never gave me any trouble.). I've built three PC's with this board, and had to replace all of them, due to repeated hangs in Windows Explorer (XP SP3) - replaced memory, HD's, power supply, SATA cables; tried IDE, AHCI and RAID disk modes; updated BIOS and drivers, reinstalled Windows several times, all to no avail.
I've tested other MOBO (not an Intel), & their built-in HDMI (video card), does not pass audio. This MOBO works really well with my Vista x64 Ultimate. You should be able to create a DOS startup disk, with the downloaded BIOS,.BIO extension file from Intel.BTW: I'm using the Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 800 MHz 240-PIN DDR2 Dual-Channel Memory Kit - TWIN2X4096-6400C5. The Sony works really well with my HTPC. I watch Blu-ray, HD DVD's, and online movies. I'm specifically impressed with the Intel DG45ID MOBO. You can download that app for free. I don't know how the integrated RAID controller performs, since I'm currently not using it.
The built-in HDMI (video card) passes audio and video. I've been building computers since NT4, and I'm amazed how technology has come, so far. Last week I updated the BIOS. I found out that I'm way behind and I could not update using Express BIOS update. I'll purchase this MOBO again, if someone wants me to build them a Media Center.*** April 2009 Update ***I purchased and hooked-up the Sony STRDG820 Receiver.
The only suggestion is to have integrated wifi included on this board. The app that I used is the HP USB Disk Storage. I have 8GB RAM, and BIOS setup for auto; my current memory speed is 800MHz.Also, I'm not experiencing that weird DRM Netflix issue anymore. I don't have a USB floppy, so I updated using my USB stick. This video card can only achieve 1080p, at 60hz. I had to update using Recovery or Iflash. Built specifically for Media Center use.
I'm still using the integrated HDMI in the MOBO. There's some DRM, management rights issue.There are no legacy peripherals/hookups on this MOBO; all SATA, USB, Firewire connections. I set this up with a quad core processor, 8GB RAM (Corsair), on an Antec case. So if you have a 120 Hz TV, it will bump down to 60 Hz.Good luck with watching Netflix movie, using this video card.
what was included) help the stability. I use this board for an HTPC setup, and as such the HDMI port was a must. This one does all that I need at a reasonable price. There is little legacy with this board, but I don't need that. I run this system through an Onkyo HDMI 1.3 receiver, and find it syncs well and provides multi-channel audio with easy. Upgraded drivers (vs.
Overall, I am very pleased with the performance, however I had a very hard time getting the system up and running. As usual, Amazon shipped the board fast and well-packed. temperature seems to be stable. The built-in graphics uses DVI or HDMI only. I can read and write to the old IDE drives although they would not boot. I've been assembling systems for 21 years and have never had so much trouble.
It was brand new and factory-sealed. I bought this to upgrade my 6-year-old PC after reading some good reviews on the integrated graphics technology the G45 offers. It seems that gamers and overclockers are not too fond of this board, but I don't really do either of those things, so it seemed like a good solution for me. The SATA-IDE adapters seem to work on the older HDs from my old system.
I would recommend this board as long as you buy all SATA Drives and forget about floppies altogether. After buying a SATA DVD Drive and running the setup from there, everything worked fine on the first try. The benchmark tests are pretty impressive for the completed system and Intel has all drivers and documentation readily available on their website. To sum up, the board has all the new features, but none of the old so it's probably best to plan on a total system rebuild with this one.
I'm only using the stock Intel CPU fan that came with the chip and the fan built in the the Power Supply, although there are hookups for two more internal fans, they don't seem to be necessary. Fortunately, my monitor supported DVI, so I just had to buy the cable. It seems to run cool, too. This board will support Quad Core processors, but I went with a Core2Duo E8400 3.0 GHz chip.
I was able to copy all my data from the two old HDs to the new SATA drive and put the old ones out to pasture.Even thought I bought it over a month ago, I've only been using it about 10 days, so it's hard to gauge reliability at this point. There seems to be a problem using CDs booted on optical drives with SATA-IDE adapters to format the new SATA HDD I bought for this system, as I could never make the drive bootable and Windows install would typically fail in the middle. Had I been paying closer attention when I ordered it, I would have realized this board has NO SUPPORT FOR IDE Drives, NO SUPPORT FOR Floppy Drives and NO BUILT-IN VGA. There is only one PCI slot, and one PCIe slot, but if you use PCIe, the onboard graphics are disabled, so you can't have both.I thought I would use my existing optical (CD/DVD) drives, and located some SATA-to-IDE adapters online (which I had to order and wait for).
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