Joined on 08/30/04
Works for Me
Pros: This makes me use new SATA hard drive in the old IDE-only motherboard. This device is put on motherboard socket. Power should be connect independently with a provided power cable because IDE socket in the mother board does not provide power to this device. This device J-micron chip which supports LINUX OS too. I tried other models, all of which worked on Windows OS only but did not work on LINUX except VANTEC's product. VANTEC product has the same chip as this device, but this device has the different chip configuration. The main usability of this device is in lower height unlike Vantec's product, which has the SATA socket on the top.
Cons: There may exist some reliability issues, which time should tell in the future. But I could not find the major cons at this time.
Board Rattled
Pros: PATA support with 1155 CPU processor
Cons: The first time was booted successfully. Afterwards, always Black Screen only. I5-2000K (Sandy Bridge) DDR3-1333 (Corsair XMS3) NVIDIA 8500GT (ASUS) I did not use the recent CPU or memories. But I got black screen always. Seems that BIOS chip is defective or unstable.
Overall Review: I hope FoxConn test the durability of board.
Should've Believed What Others Reviewed
Pros: RAID in small Micro-ATX motherboard.
Cons: A Lot Of Cons: P5Q-EM DO is unstable and unreliable in my opinon. This model is difficult to set up settings in BIOS. CPU fan error is shown all the time. I suppressed this error in BIOS., but it takes 5 seconds to switch between menu items in Hardware Monitor, but I don't know why. Motherboard cannot detect CPU temperature properly (always 0C/32F). Also motherboard temperature is very hot compared to other motherboards. I have used P5Q-VM which is very stable and reliable. I expected that P5Q-EM DO is comparable or better than P5Q-VM (no RAID).
Overall Review: I should have believed what the other reviewers have said. I thought that problems do not happen to me. At least I wanted to get the good motherboard. I think that P5Q-EM DO model is not a good product for the end user customers.
I'm returning this!
Pros: I can't find pros from this product. Maybe not so expensive, very cheap. But I will not use it. I prefer cooling kit with fan stuff.
Cons: I did not use it. So I don't know if this functions well. 1. Shield seems to be attached with adhesive. So it may not be used next time. 2. I feel enclosing case could spoil the original product item. 3. The 2.5' Hard drive or SSD could be unnecessarily more bigger. We may lose the compact size advantage of 2.5' drive.
Much Clearer Screen
Pros: I have used the bulk type yellow thin composite cable similar to audio cable. This cable transfers the highest quality video signal without any slight loss. This cable makes the crystal-clear screen, comparable to S-Video quality from my eye (but this evaluation is personal).
Cons: Free shipping, but price was a little higher than other cable makers. I hope that there would be typical 12' length cable from this maker.
Overall Review: NewEgg sells the high quality Composite Video cable. Personally I prefer this very flexible cable to Belkin thicker hard composite cable. I would buy this kind of cable from Cables Unlimited.
Nice SATA RAID card
Pros: Today, I installed this card. There was not any difficulties to install. I set the RAID 1 (Mirroring) in the bios. And then I installed windows drivers after getting New Hardware prompt. I think this card was the best of the RAID cards that I have used. Promise (On-Board), Silicon Image (On-Board, Software RAID), VIA chip (SYBA VT6421 chip product), All failed within one or a few years. I hope to use this card for a long time without any failure. This card also has PCI-Express1 socket which fills the vacant slot in my PC. If it lasts longer, probably I could use it later in the upgraded PC.
Cons: Not found because I have not used much yet.
Overall Review: NewEgg delivered product within 2 days. I received tracking number the previous day. Thank for the timely email for Tracking # so that I can be prepared to receive the package.