GIGABYTE GA-A75M-S2V FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I'm to mad to leave any pros.

Cons: Why do I need an adaptor to use 2 of my onboard USB ports. I've been buying nothing but gigabyte motherboards for the last 14 years. This is one of the dumbest and stupidest things I've ever seen since I've been building computers.

Other Thoughts: I can't believe a company like gigabyte would do something so stupid. Gigabyte why should I waste my time to go look for, and buy an adaptor. Now I gotta spend more money on parts, and waste my time. When I have already quoted my customer.

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Pros: A75 chipset, high clock rate DIMMs supported, 32GB max even though it has only two DIMM sockets, SATA3, USB3

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: The first reviewer of this board was slamming others for having difficulties setting the onboard video port. He went on to say that this board doesn't include graphics....
Well no, the AMD FM series APU that this board is built for DOES!
I have to either say that this "High Tech Knowledge" reviewer either wrote this review for a different product or he is simply shouting out his ignorance. Either way he is completely wrong.

Pros: I can't believe the people that are giving this board a bad review because the graphics don't work. It does not have onboard graphics, get a graphics card or CPU that has the graphics built in. The available graphic ports on the board are meant to be used with CPU that has integrated graphics built in, some peoples kids, sheesh.

Cons: People that post bad reviews and don't know what they're talking about.

Pros: Small and Inexpensive

Cons: NO BIOS UPDATES for the Bulldozer/Microcode Issues found with any game that is ran through Valve/Steam. It seems AMD released the fix to motherboard makers to add to their BIOS updates but for some reason Gigabyte decided they didnt need to on the low/mid level boards.
All their HIGH END EXPENSIVE boards got the fix.....
I will not be buying another Gigabyte board in the future....I have a socket AM3 board that the sound crapped out on and took a chance with this board and now it too has ISSUES.
Ill stick to other well known brands like Asus and Asrock....and MSI.

Other Thoughts: Good Luck finding a support e-mail address without jumping through hoops.....thanks Gigabyte for showing me how much you dont care!!!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 87276 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

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Pros: Cheap
Good budget/beginner board in terms of functionality
Not DOA
Socket FM1
Dual PCIe Slots
USB 3.0 Ports
SATA 3.0 Ports
DX11 Compatible
DDR3 Ram Slots

Cons: One of the worst layouts I've ever seen. Case fan power pins are on the opposite right corner of the board. Why??
Only 1 front USB connector. I have two of them so I won't be able to use 1 of them.
Front switch connectors are located under the main power connector so make sure you attach those before putting your HDD in or you won't be able to reach or see them.
Board does not come with foam to protect the circuitry on the bottom of the board.
Only 2 RAM slots. (I knew this already though)

Other Thoughts: This is one of the worst mobo layouts I've ever seen. Why on earth is the case fan power connector on the opposite side top right corner of the board? I don't even think they make case fans with that long of a power cord! All the pins for the front USB and switches and leds are enclosed in a module type thing with walls so it makes it even harder to connect the connectors. The front LEDs and Switch connectors are located under the main 24 pin power connector instead of on the bottom side of the board. Why did they feel the need to put this here? You have to connect those before adding your HDD's or you'll have to take it out again. If you need a basic mobo and don't mind a couple of head scratching moments/headaches, get this board. I bought this for a pc that is going to run an ongoing powerpoint slideshow and will be on 24/7.

Pros: Board layout is good, and 1 of the 2 boards we ordered worked. Decent value for the money. Have traditionally used Asus in our shop, but wanted to try Gigabyte again.

Cons: None of the onboard ports for video function. Tried all 3. System would post but no video. Used one of our shop cards in the pcie slot and video was fine. Even tried to fix it by flashing to the latest bios with no success in regaining onboard video. Also tried another cpu and ram. Guess this is a manufacturing failure

Other Thoughts: It seems that another manufacturer had a very similar issue with their A75 board. Asrock, and it appears that they may have been designed by the same hands.

Pros: Price!

Cons: first board from GA,the intergrated video ports don't work at all.the computer shut down immediatly before entering windows and have to turn off power for few sec to restart it but same happens.Tried with 6770 video card and working good.But I can't do the crossfire due to failed intergraded video.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 82329 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

Gigabyte VIP Support Team

Pros: Everything with the motherboard has worked fine.

Good BIOS.

Easy set up.

I think it's pretty?
Very good things to say.

Cons: The DVI port is a DVI-D port, and does not work with all DVI-adapters.

it is also very very very close to the VGA port, so if you want 2 monitors..do some shaving off the connector/ get an external video card..

Pros: None

Cons: Bought 3. 2 of them DOA

Pros: Seems a good implementation of the A75 chipset - nice layout - no problems in using an A8 CPU/GPU and 8g of ram - smooth fast and cool. Supports 2 video cards also.

Cons: Maybe its me, but I did not get any video out on several tries using the built in thru the SVGA port. Set up fine with a separate PCI-e card - then after loading drivers for both videos in Win7pro64 - I tried with the PCI-e removed again but no joy. I will try to see if it might be a Bios update problem and then report back. This particular build will probably stay with the separate card but I was looking forward to trying the A8/FM1 setup as this is the first one I built up with the new chips.

Other Thoughts: Ok.. so I am a dinosaur - but the lack of floppy interface and IDE connections still irks me - many of my clients doing upgrades will still want to use their IDE drives, optical drives and occassionally a floppy. (small nitpick - not a real gripe)