Foxconn A75A FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I wouldn't know yet.

Cons: It came DOA. I sent it back. 2 weeks ago. The things been on it's way for 2 weeks. newegg needs to straighten there stuff up .

Pros: Amazing motherboard, honestly.. Haven't had an issue with functionality except...

Cons: ...sleep and hibernate cause it to wig out, not a big deal.

Other Thoughts: Combined this board with an A6-3650, 8gb (2x4gb) of PNY XLR8 RAM, Samsung Spinpoint 320gb HD, LG 24x DVD Burner and a Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 PSU. We've got an ASUS GT630-2GD3 2GB 128-bit DDR3 video card on the way.

AMAZING.

So far, we can turn Sims 3 to look very pretty, WoW, Minecraft, League of Legends, FEAR, Tribes Ascend & Perspective at High/Ultra/Fancy settings without an ISSUE!!!

Pros: The Motherboard was easy to setup and I had no problems installing windows 7.

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: This is a good motherboard with all the features I needed.

Pros: but... Cheap with decent features. Posted and installed windows with no flaws and worked great.

Cons: No overclocking?

After 1 day the build went to sleep mode and never woke up. Replaced everything and found it wouldn't even power off with holding power switch... DEAD

Other Thoughts: Hope the next one lasts longer!! Worked good when it worked.

Pros: Cheap

Cons: DOA. I tried this mobo with two cases and three power supplies. I was doing a budget build. I've bought 30 + micro foxconns, so I trust their quality. But this is a bad one.

Manufacturer Response:

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please don't change the Clear CMOS jumper. For normal operation, Clear CMOS jumper should be set to pin#1&2 on this model. For other models, they are set to pin#2&3. Please refer to the attached image for the correct CMOS jumper.

Best regards,
Foxconn support team.

Pros: Stable, good budget motherboard. 4 RAM slots = more upgrade possibility. 6 Sata ports all highest speed makes a great way to expand your space and maybe even RAID config. Foxconn Utilities allow for fan control. Bios supports overclocking!

Cons: No cons to list

Other Thoughts: Bought with bundle deal with processor, No complaints to it. Bios supports overclocking right out the box and fan control to keep your high end running at top performance. Had no issues with any of the setup and comes with good instructions for bios flash if needed

Pros: Easy to install and connect. Very good heat sink attachment frame.
Good features for the price.
Decent connector locations, but could use another case fan connector.

Cons: Internal USB headers allow you to attach to them incorrectly, even though they have a plastic guide around them.

Claimed support of DDR3 1866/1600/1333, but only goes up to 1333.
Flashed BIOS to see if that was addressed, but it was not.
Poor documentation in user manual for BIOS options - the book says the exact same thing as what is shown on the screen in the BIOS. What's the point? I'll still have to look it up in generic terms online. I suppose all manufacturers do this, but it is a missed opportunity to be better than the rest.

Other Thoughts: I'm not sure why I thought going the APU route would be a good idea. I already want to upgrade the video. That was extra cost that can't be transferred to another machine, only bypassed/disabled. I probably won't do that again.

Pros: Has a decent number of sata ports
decent number of pci slots
fan connectors were in the right places for me
usb 3.0 and 2.0 headers

Cons: bios update was necessary
ram support stops at 1333
no hdmi port

Other Thoughts: I got it and it would not post, i took out my video card still no post. I took out all but one RAM stick and it finally posted! After about half an hour later I figured out that the bios were causing it. I downloaded the latest bios off foxconn and flashed it, problem solved video card and RAM installed posted just fine and is now running perfectly. Ran a couple stress tests on it and it's running just fine now, but still to ship it out with known issues like that!? What if I didn't flash it properly or wasn't able to troubleshoot it like that? Very bad business decision -1 egg.
The hdmi for me isn't important my video card has one currently using it as a gaming/storage/file server/videoplay and it's working great. Hope this motherboard lasts longer than my last foxconn, since this one is all capped it probably will. I'll repost if it ends up going bad. Also the RAM support will limit your speeds to 1333 instead of whatever higher speed the ram is made for, mine is 1600 it's running at 1333 instead.

Pros: This was a decently cheap board with the ATX form factor but slightly smaller than normal which made installtion easier has nice ports and good tech support
but...

Cons: I purchased this for a budget gaming build for a customer and the io is either labeled wrong or just made very difficult as at first i couldnt get it to boot and after talking to support I was told to try outside of the case to see if there was a grounding issue still no luck after just being angry running a screw driver across the pins to try and start it it booted and then after a few test tries i realized that the power leds and the power switch were plugged in backwards idk if this was my ignorance or the labeling on the board then after getting windows set up i tried flashing the bios because of the major limitations in it no overclocking support at all the new b7 bios started giving me reboots everywhere except in safe mode idk why cuz i uninstalled the drivers still didnt work but idk and you cant flash the bios in safe mode so.... i just got lucky and once got it to revert to b6 which has an error in it for dual graphics which makes the discrete output the output you must use

Other Thoughts: there were a lot of hassles to get this board running correctly but if you have no intent to overclock with the bios or dont mind using software then youre ok other wise every version of the bios does not allow overclocking aside from b7 but gave random bsods and restarts i never tried with linux as it was for a user but if youre an extensive gamer whom likes to overclock forget about doing it through the bios with the current drivers and bios settings but i didnt mind the error with the b6 because the video card had hdmi and now wei reads as 7.1 (people who say it barely helps read wei descriptions it only rates the primary card.....) but other than the bios issue and the lack of drivers even on the site there are still no usb3 on there its ok..... kinda lost my train of thought srry guys but yeah gl and i would reccomend this board if the bios worked better still eventually got everything besides usb3 to work

Pros: Runs cool & trouble free. Unbeatable price, comes with nice utilities.

Cons: None as of yet

Other Thoughts: Would recommend this board. Components on the board are good quality and booted right up on the first try, no issues. The little things like fan connector locations and board header are are simple and nicely located. You won'y find anything nicer in it's price range.