Joined on 06/01/04
Works good
Pros: I bought this to get a higher speed transfer of video editing and files to my Synology NAS. I am getting about 50MBps better transfer.
Cons: Not a lot, still learning all the options and functions.
Overall Review: It took a little while to configure the switch since this is my first managed switch. Read the manual and search youtube for STP (spanning tree protocol) to keep it for getting into a data loop when you are using more than one switch. Still working on getting my main PC to see the second LACP channel I configured. When from 70 MBsp transfer to 115 MBps transfer. Still haven't figured out how to get my computer and the switch talk using fiber ports.
NDG
Pros: If fit inside the computer case. It made the blue LEDs inside the power supply flicker and flash just fine, provided a light show.
Cons: It turned on, it provided enough power to spin the fans in the computer. The computer would not boot up. After a very long time the computer crashed and restarted but never got into windows.
Overall Review: The computer runs with my under powered backup power supply. I am so tired of the RMA game. I must have stepped on the rules for writing reviews, the first one didn't get published here. I do not recommend this product. Read the reviews and rate of DOA's. I didn't and should have known better.
Boot drive failed
Pros: Run great and gets things done.
Cons: The M.2 boot drive has failed (in May 2022) when the computer is only 6 months old. The BIOS reports the drive has errors and needs to be replaced. It takes forever for the thing to boot up and hangs while trying to use the machine. Ran SMART diagnostics on the drive and it reports the drive has 111 days of power on time and has exceeded it's lifetime with ZERO days of lifetime left.
Overall Review: The machine is under warranty. ABS seems to not be able to understand that the BIOS can report a drive as failing. They also will not simply RMA the failed M.2 drive. Bought a half dozen ABS machines this past year. I have more computers to buy but NONE of them will be ABS.
got it to work
Pros: It's a GPS, that part works. I don't do the "extra" stuff so I have not and will not be doing those features. (Like pairing it with my phone.)I used the old power cable from my old GPS and it updated the traffic software so I am assuming it will do the traffic stuff. I used Garmin Express to update the 2 yr old map.
Cons: It shows the map got updated but the device tells me the map is corrupt everytime I turn it on. I reinstalled the maps, that didn't help.It came with the battery dead. It took 1 1/2 hrs to get enough charge to run the thing and let Garmin Express see it. I disconnected the power cable after the map update. The screen went blank. It took at least an hour to get the display to come alive again. Not sure what happened. Will update this if it happens again.
Overall Review: Overall it works but it has a problem I can live with. That being the corrupt map message everytime I turn it on. If it starts going blank screen when I unplug the device in the truck then it's NOT going to be ok.
Hate this thing
Pros: Has more expansion slots which is the main reason I bought the board. Installed a Ryzen 7 3800X and 32 GB of RAM.
Cons: The board works great but the Intel LAN driver or hardware is junk. I have updated the BIOS and installed the latest LAN driver from both ASUS and Intel. It's still a problem. The LAN connection boggs down the computer. Meaning anytime I access a drive or server it makes the computer slow to a crawl. I added a PCIe 1gb card to the machine to make it work without the onboard Lan loading the machine up. I did find that I can disable the LAN hardware in the BIOS. Doing so means I don't have to uninstall the LAN driver each time I boot the machine up. BUT now it takes 5 minutes for the machine to boot up. SLOW !!! Update: It don't matter what drivers I update. I updated to the latest firmware. The system is just not worth using. I reset everything I can think of. It takes 5 minutes or more before you can access files after boot up. Then the system stalls and weights every time I access or write/read a file. I been using computers since 1968, I have built dozens of these micro computers over the years. There are no words to describe how much I hate this motherboard. I'm going back to my 6 year old i7 3930K machine. It's slow and old but at least it works.
Overall Review: If I had known about the problems with the LAN loading up and bogging down the machine I would NOT have bought it. Every time you access file on the server or network the machine sets and waits until the transfer or read/write has happened. Makes watching a video a bad experience. Would not buy again.
Good cables
Pros: These work well with my older monitors. Connected the computer to my threes monitors and the displays came right up. No problem!
Cons: None
Overall Review: They didn't cost too much and work great. That makes them a win.
Good purchase
Ordered a H o l y Stone HS-700D from Newegg. It arrived on time and in excellent shape. It fly's good for the length of time as described on th Newegg site. The main App for the drone does NOT work. Found a different App that does 90% of what the main App should do. Tried two different phones, the main App just doesn't seem to work on Android phones.' Happy with the drone. Have video streaming from the drone out to about 850 ft.
Good outlet. Second order in a week.
This is my second order from them this week. Everything works just fine and was a good purchase. I will look for them again next time.
Good
No complaints. The shipment was a few days slower than the other stuff I ordered the same day from NewEgg but they did email the shipment data for tracking. Packageing was well done. Product was in excellent shape and works 100%.