ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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3.8
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
Let me clear up the sound driver confusion

This board is amazing hands down! It does everything that it states it can do. Some of the complaints about the sound drivers not working are not true, they just don't understand how to get them working, the integrated sound card works great! *See Below

The only Cons I see is the IDE port coming out the side instead of facing up, but I knew this before I bought it. Also when you reboot with the driver disk in, a RAID program will load and ask you to create a RAID disk. To get around this simply take the CD out of the drive and restart, lol. No biggie...

Ok here is how to install those sound drivers. First install the Chipset drivers from the disk and reboot. The chipset drivers include the LAN drivers and Geforce drivers.

Next install the sound drivers and reboot. When you start back up Windows XP should automatically detect your new sound hardware, simply tell Windows to search on the disk (Usually D:) and it will find and install them itself, boom you have sound, no biggie...

If you are running XP 64-bit like I am, you will need to install the XP 64 sound hotfix which is included on the driver disk also. You will need to open explorer and find the folder labeled "sound" and install the file in the "Hotfix" folder, or you can download the hotfix from Microsoft's website directly. This is not an Asus issue, this is for ALL sound drivers using XP 64. I had to do this with my Asrock and Gigabyte boards too.

Any questions email me at fwguy1979@hotmail, I'd be happy to walk you through it.

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW

nice stable board-hdmi & dvi- plenty of sata connects-ran extremely well for 10 months

board quit showing video after 10 months.tried everything to get it back. asus was NO help.Don't call the number that is listed@ Newegg. DISCONECTED This was my first asus board and my last. Going back to GIGABYTE or ECS

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Features & Details

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8200
  • Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
  • DDR2 1066 / 800 *DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU only

Specifications

Model
BrandASUS
ModelM3N78-VM
Supported CPU
CPU Socket TypeAM2+/AM2
CPU TypePhenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
Chipsets
ChipsetNVIDIA GeForce 8200
Memory
Number of Memory Slots4x240pin
Memory StandardDDR2 1066 / 800 *DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU only
Maximum Memory Supported8GB
Channel SupportedDual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x161 x PCI Express x16
PCI Express x11 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots2 x PCI Slots
Storage Devices
SATA RAID0/1/0+1/5/JBOD
Onboard Video
Onboard Video ChipsetNVIDIA GeForce 8 series
Onboard Audio
Audio ChipsetVIA VT1708B
Audio Channels8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN ChipsetRealtek 8211CL
Max LAN Speed1Gbps
Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports1 x D-Sub / 1 x DVI / 1 x HDMI / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x PS/2 / 6 x Audio Jacks / 6 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/21
Video PortsD-Sub + DVI
HDMI1 x HDMI
USB 1.1/2.06 x USB 2.0
eSATA1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out1 x Optical
Audio Ports6 Ports
Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB3 x USB connector (6 ports)
Physical Spec
Form FactorMicro ATX
Dimensions (W x L)9.6" x 9.6"
Power Pin24 Pin
Features
FeaturesExpress Gate Hybrid SLI Astounding Blue-Ray and HD DVD Playback through HDMI Direct X 10 Support for Windows Vista 3D Experience ESD Guards
Packaging
Package ContentsM3N78-VM Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable FDD Cable SATA Cable 4-pin to SATA Power Cable
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggJune 25, 2008
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