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colinmaharaj updated ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI

colinmaharaj — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:20:31 -0400

May 28, 2008 at 3:20 pm

agreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
agreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
agreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
new pro/con: Has a legacy Serial Port for dealing with older telecoms devices and routers. No USB to Serial cable required.
disagreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
disagreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
disagreed: "NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine."
new pro/con: NOTE: You cannot use the 6400+ Dual Core on this motherboard. Most test showed it blew the mother board in a few minutes. This mother board cannot accommodate 125W CPUs. The 85 Watt CPU I got (a 6000+) works fine.

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colinmaharaj — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:21:51 -0400

May 14, 2008 at 5:21 pm

"OK, unfortunately the ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI did not suite my gaming needs for one, it will not take the 125Watt Phenoms or Athlon X2 such as the 9700, 9850 phenoms and the AMD 6400+. It will take the 6000+ and lower. The situation is bad in that an invalid combination will cause the board to blow up so do not make that mistake. In terms of the graphics performance, I can't say because I did not get it working the way I wanted to. (but got it working after a few trials and errors). I ended up using my old 7600 GT. Gaming is not what it was on my CrossHair. I do C++ programming on this system - gaming is secondary so it is suiting that part of my needs. Finally the RAM at 1066 will not work unless it was designed for the board and CPU. And the graphics will take away from your RAM. However, 1. It is stable - no lockup or reboot issues since I installed it (1 week now). (XP SP2/AMD 6000+/3x1 Gigs 800 Mhz RAM) 2. It has a built in serial port for legacy applications like cash register / external modem / PABX interfaces. (However you will need to buy the cable to bring it out of the Motherboard 3. Has no parallel port externally - need to get a cable to bring it out externally. 4. Can do low power stand by (use this all the time) 5. Remember this is Micro ATX form factor i.e. smaller motherboard - so be careful of the case you get for it. 6. The built in VGA is good, probably for business so no need to buy a graphics card (gaming however is another story). 7. Has enough SATA ports and can do RAID1 so maybe you can make a cheap file server/NAS or something. 8. Giggy LAN, 8 port audio built in, plenty USB ports. Also, I had an external USB Hard Disk that did not want to work with my CrossHair (which I crashed - permanently!!!) but the ones on this MOBO works with my external USB H.D fine. The problem was the power in my old system was not enough to power the ext U.S.B. H.D. There is a jumper for this... Erik, this is not a high performing MOBO, it is ok for the office but not for general home/gaming use. I am just really sad that I flashed my CrossHair MOBO and disabled it permanently (*sob, *sob) glad if I was any help...... Colin B Maharaj Trinidad, WI"

colinmaharaj commented on colinmaharaj delete_comment: OK, unfortunately the ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI did not suite my gaming needs for one, it will not take the 125Watt Phenoms or Athlon X2 such as the 9700, 9850 phenoms and the AMD 6400+. It will take the 6000+ and lower. The situation is bad in that an invalid combination will cause the board to blow up so do not make that mistake. In terms of the graphics performance, I can't say because I did not get it working the way I wanted to. (but got it working after a few trials and errors). I ended up using my old 7600 GT. Gaming is not what it was on my CrossHair. I do C++ programming on this system - gaming is secondary so it is suiting that part of my needs. Finally the RAM at 1066 will not work unless it was designed for the board and CPU. And the graphics will take away from your RAM. However, 1. It is stable - no lockup or reboot issues since I installed it (1 week now). (XP SP2/AMD 6000+/3x1 Gigs 800 Mhz RAM) 2. It has a built in serial port for legacy applications like cash register / external modem / PABX interfaces. (However you will need to buy the cable to bring it out of the Motherboard 3. Has no parallel port externally - need to get a cable to bring it out externally. 4. Can do low power stand by (use this all the time) 5. Remember this is Micro ATX form factor i.e. smaller motherboard - so be careful of the case you get for it. 6. The built in VGA is good, probably for business so no need to buy a graphics card (gaming however is another story). 7. Has enough SATA ports and can do RAID1 so maybe you can make a cheap file server/NAS or something. 8. Giggy LAN, 8 port audio built in, plenty USB ports. Also, I had an external USB Hard Disk that did not want to work with my CrossHair (which I crashed - permanently!!!) but the ones on this MOBO works with my external USB H.D fine. The problem was the power in my old system was not enough to power the ext U.S.B. H.D. There is a jumper for this... Erik, this is not a high performing MOBO, it is ok for the office but not for general home/gaming use. I am just really sad that I flashed my CrossHair MOBO and disabled it permanently (sob, sob) glad if I was any help...... Colin B Maharaj Trinidad, WI

colinmaharaj — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:20:38 -0400

May 14, 2008 at 5:20 pm

colinmaharaj updated ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI

colinmaharaj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:19:12 -0400

April 17, 2008 at 11:19 pm

updated the features
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added a link http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2064&modelmenu=1
new pro/con: All the major games requiring high end expensive graphics cards, can run on this motherboard with the built in graphics.
new pro/con: Very good performance for the price!
new pro/con: Folks because of the TLB Bug, the 9x00 Range of Phenoms are being replaced by the 9x50 ranges. E.g. the 9550 will replace the 9500. The buggy Chips showed a 10% performance hit when BIOS fixes were implemented. So be careful what Phenom Chip you buy.
new pro/con: As always most software have yet to fully utilize all cores. Thus, in most cases, a Dual Core 6400+ may be faster than most typical AMD Quad Core offerings
new pro/con: Depending on the Phenom you buy, you may not be able to use 1066 MHz RAM. Research before making decision.

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colinmaharaj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:04:17 -0400

April 17, 2008 at 11:04 pm

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colinmaharaj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:15 -0400

April 17, 2008 at 5:43 pm

"This is one of the first low cost AMD chipset motherboards that allows for high performance graphics on board. Other pointers... 1. The RAM speed can be as high as 1066 MHz. 2. This is an Micro-ATX form factor. 3. AM2+ means Phenom quad core processors can be used. 4. Not as hot - low power cosumption. 5. Adding a graphics board will allow to add the processing power of the on board graphics instead of replacing it. 6. Direct-X 10 support 7. Both VGA and DVI video outputs. Around $100 bucks!"

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