ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Great board

Reviewed By: on 11/15/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Easy to install. Very stable.

Cons: The bios fast boot option stuff.

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Reviewed By: Ryan on 11/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Looks nice, lots of ports. Good price.

Cons: Any attempt to OC caused bsod. After about 2 months of ownership it was randomly restarting. Another month or so after that it was having an issue in which it would cause the computer to not power on. In my situation, the computer would power on for <1 second and turn back off. Confirmed by local computer repair store to be an issue with the mb. I was able to continue to use the computer, as long as I never turned it off. Turning it off would result in a high chance of it not turning back on. Just yesterday it randomly powered off and now I am unable to turn it back on. Just my luck, the week that L4D2 comes out.

Other Thoughts: It might be just a bad board, but I've read other reviews with similar issues as mine. I would avoid this particular mb, though Asus in most cases is very reliable.

Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,

We are sorry for the issues that you are experiencing. For support in overclocking this unit, please contact us at OC_Support@asus.com and reference case number NE204. Please include your complete system specs so that we may better assist you.

Best Regards,

ASUS Support Team

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Windows Restarts randomly

Reviewed By: flyfisher1952 on 11/11/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Very fast and it was easy to install and configure. Too bad about the CONS.

Cons: This motherboard randomly restarts with the "Hyper Transit Sync Flood" error text at reboot

This error occurs whenever i try to run programs that use up more than a small ammount of my processor's capability.
Programs include:
World of Warcraft
Jedi Knight: Jedi Acadamy
Warcraft 3
Any and all stress tests

This link is to a ASUS forum of people experiencing the same problems:
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20090720015429421&board_id=1&model=m4A79%20Deluxe&page=1&count=129
Notice that this thread is started when BIOS is at around 1703 and ends at 2102 with no solution. Problem is likely in motherboard hardware.

Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for this issue you are experiencing. Please contact us at OC_Support@asus.com and reference case number NE109. Also, please include your complete system specs, BIOS revision, and if you are overclocking or not.

Best Regards,

ASUS Support Team

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