- Intel H77
- Core i7 / i5 / i3 (LGA1155)
- DDR3 1600/1333/1066 Note: DDR3 1600 MHz DIMMs are only supported by 3rd generation Intel Core processor family processors
Great Board, FireWire is disappointing
05/17/2013
This review is from: Intel BOXDH77DF LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Pros:
This is a compact board with a lot of great features. It has been a solid performer. It fits well in my Silverstone SG06 case. I am running Windows 8.
Cons:
I am using the VIA FireWire port on this board to communicate with a software defined radio with a 192KHz sampling rate. This does not work with the Windows 8 FireWire driver so I have to load the legacy FireWire driver from Windows 7, sign the driver, and use BCDEdit to put and keep the system in test mode.
Then everything works great except I get a test mode message on the bottom-right of my display that is difficult to remove without having negative effects with Windows 8.
For now I live with the test mode message.
Overall Review:
I wish the board had a TI FireWire chipset.
I wish Microsoft would provide the legacy FireWire driver for Windows 8.
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- Mark E.
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