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Gigabyte GA-Q35M-S2
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1 24374 08-31-2008
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100% of reviewers $120.00 7.0



Description: Product specifications (from manual)

Supported CPUs
Intel core 2 extream
Intel core 2 Quad
Intel core 2 duo
Intel pentium Extreme edition
Intel pentium D
Intel pentium 4
Intel celeron

FSB 800/1066/1333

Chipset Northbridge Intel Q35 Express
Chipset Southbridge Intel ICH9DO

Memory 4x1.8 memory modules max 8gb

Onboard graphics: Intel 3100 max 10mb shared

Audio Realtek ALC888 codec

LAN Nineveh 82566DM 10/100/1000

Storage
6x sata raid 0, raid 1, raid 5, raid 10
Jmicron 368 chip

1xide
ite IT8718 chip

1xfloppy drive

Expansion slots
1x pci-e x16
1x pci-e x1
2x pci

12x usb

full info at: http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Products...ame=GA-Q35M-S2
Keywords: Matx micro atx gigabyte quad core intel 3100 pci express


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Old 08-31-2008, 08:11 AM   #1
netsurf
 
Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: ubuntu 10.04+ distro hopping
Posts: 181

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $120.00 | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
Distribution: fedora 9



Pros:
  • nice board with lots of connectivity
    have yet to find a part which is unsupported in linux (everything works more or less)
    fans can be controlled with pwn
    temperature sensors work correctly (temp2 is cpu and temp1 mobo)

Cons:
  • I had HUGE problems with IDE on this board the only thing that would install correctly is fedora 9 (live disks and windows xp failed) other linux distros not tested. The disks all failed to boot correctly with a sata attached in the case of xp or just couldn't find their filesystem info after the bios booted it.
    Attempting to use the 3100 for any kind of demanding games seems to cause some stability problems.
    IDE problems from my cd/dvd drives due to JMicron

imho not the greatest board but that is mostly down to difficulties with chipsets which are present in many other boards
 




  



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