ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Worked for 3 months

Cons: Sound stopped working after a week and now it wont see HDD's at all after 3 months and is no longer under warranty at all after only 3 months and I bought it new.

Other Thoughts: Sound stopped alway have had trouble out of this board not just the sound you would think after 3 months I could send it back but I am stuck like chuck.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
For the HDD issue, please test with known good HDD and SATA cable on SATA3_1 port, try on another SATA ports if its same issue to eliminate the problem.
If you have any technical questions or warranty issues please contact our Tech Support at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: Grate part, yet its my first build but i think it was a grate start. has great capabilities and many features.

Cons: the front panel dose not detect when mic/head phones are plunged in, very frustrating i have to say, if their is a quick fix for this i would love to know. btw could be my case's fault, idk

Pros: 6 USB 3.0 ports and 2 USB 2.0 ports.
Plenty of expansion slots.
FM2 CPU socket.
5 SATA 6Gb/s ports, plus a eSATA on the back.
Max memory of 32 GB.
This board is perfect for first time builders.

Cons: I still haven't figured out how to make the 2 USB ports next to the PS/2 to function in Windows 7. But I won't dock an egg off of it for that considering I have plenty of other ports to use.

Other Thoughts: Bought this board on the first and still cannot get the two USB ports next to the PS/2 port to work in windows. Both work fine in the BIOS. I have also installed everything I should have for them to work. Also, the other 4 USB 3.0 ports work just fine while in windows.

Pros: Has SIX native USB 3.0 ports on the back (along with a pair of 2.0), is the latest FM2 socket, and 5 internal native SATA 6Gb/s ports (there in one ESATA port on the back). The EFI BIOS is easy to navigate and didn't really have to change any settings, was also easy to update.

Cons: Why are they still wasting space with a PS2 port? Thankfully there is only one if you have an old keyboard or mouse you really want to use.

Other Thoughts: If installing Win 7, plug your keyb & mouse in the USB 2.0 ports until you get all the drivers installed. Otherwise it won't see them. I chose this board over the micro-atx version just to have the extra expansion slots, but the matx is also pretty feature packed if you want a smaller case.

Purchased two of these boards and paired with AMD A8-5600K processors. Both are running great!

Pros: Newegg is expedient as usual with their RMA service, I have no other pros because I got the wrong motherboard and had to send it back! I'm sure it is quite good, I purchased an ASRock Motherboard that I needed, and it works perfectly fine.

Cons: None that I know, I never used the motherboard.

Other Thoughts: Thank you Newegg, your RMA service is the most expedient I've found on the net

Pros: Not sure - never worked

Cons: Built the board out with CPU and memory, never got more than a twitch from the CPU fan. The board would not power up. Swapped power supplies and memory just to be sure - nothing. I've built a dozen home systems in the past, this is the first board I've ever had DOA.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Please trouble shooting the mainboard for below steps with known good components;
Remove the mainboard from inside computer to outside. Place the mainboard on top of the empty mainboard’s box
Clear the CMOS
Reseat the CPU and heatsink fan as well
Test with 1 memory module (non-ECC, un-buffered), try with another known good memory if its same issue.
Using onboard Video (CPU with iGPU supported or test with VGA card)
Power supply with connecting 24 pins + 8 or 4 pins ATX power to the mainboard
Plug the computer case’s power switch to mainboard's front panel power header and try again
If you have any technical questions please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.


Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: So far I love this board for the money. The BIOS interface is pretty well laid out, with all the options I need. An important feature for me was the ability to set the APU as the primary graphics adapter - so that it isn't disabled when a video card is installed. I've seen people ask this question about other boards so figured I'd mention it here.

Cons: The manual isn't very good and the driver disc has crapware that it installs by default. You have to install the drivers one by one - because the option to install "drivers" installs internet toolbars and other stupid stuff.

Other Thoughts: Onboard audio is meh out the analog ports, with a bit of audible interference from other components. That isn't totally unusual though, and there's also S/PDIF optical if you can take advantage of it.

Pros: scale 1 to 10----- infinity if you put eggs in bott of basket then add heavy weight on top of them you get breakage same when building computers get board running ( I set mine on box add 1 or 2 sticks memory hook up hard drive dvd drive all power connectors hit start button on mother board wait
then watch the magic
it comes on and then I shut down put every thing in case install windows then drivers check settings in bios then "ADD" what else is needed

Cons: Since I set up this computer the way I said
NO CONS

Other Thoughts: I'M the "BIGGEST DUMMY" I check cpu, memory for motherboard then buy Asrock tech did I miss any thing

My set up is working 16 gb gskill ddr3 1600 (2133) on the waymemory A6 5400k apu Xcilo case

Pros: All worked great initially as a part of a low cost build, but now issues are arising.

Cons: The sound card does not seem to be working. The HDMI out is not remaining constant. This WAS being used with an APU to run a projector at a church. I install AV equipment so you understand the purpose. I used this for a lower cost build. It worked great, all the programs ran initially, but now serious problems are arising. I cannot get the sound to work at all, even using my set-up for testing computers. Not sure of the problem. I am too late to send it back, and I guess I am just out the money of the board and the APU. I will try adding a sound card, and cleaning the HDMI out. The cost of this was great, and these problems have cost me around $50, the amount lost after completely replacing the computer. I am not happy with this, and have not had problems with ASRock products in the past. I hope to resolve the issue, but I feel you all should know this happened. I will not purchase this again. I am very disappointed with this, and I will attempt to not be out the money, by adding an additional sound card, and using the DVI instead of HDMI.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. For the sound issue, please uninstall the sound driver, download and reinstall sound driver at " http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A75%20Pro4/?cat=Download “ . For the HDMI port, please try with another known good HDMI cable to eliminate the issue. If you have any technical questions please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: Everything about this board is great only thing is it is not working...

Cons: I upgraded to this mobo from the a75m dgs and I replaced it with this product after reassembling my PC and powering on everything turns on fans and what not but I get no HDMI signal from my vid card or the mobo HDMI I have tried hard resetting the power removing the mobo battery reseeding the ram and vid card nothing has worked!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Please trouble shooting the mainboard for below steps with known good components;
Remove the mainboard from inside computer to outside. Place the mainboard on top of the empty mainboard’s box
Clear the CMOS
Reseat the CPU and heatsink fan as well
Test with 1 memory module (non-ECC, un-buffered).
Using onboard Video (CPU with iGPU supported or test with VGA card)
Power supply with connecting 24 pins + 8 or 4 pins ATX power to the mainboard
Plug the computer case’s power switch to mainboard's front panel power header and try again
If you have any technical questions please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.


Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com