BIOSTAR G31-M7G DVI LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Reviews(15)

3.9
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
Great little aging mobo, but be careful of those sata ports

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Ultra compact!!!
DVI and D-sub ports on back,
HDA ports on back and headers on mobo
runs pretty cool
lots of options in Bios
runs newest C2D procs and recognizes memory without hitch(almost...)
Sata cable with locking latch on it comes with it
Installed windows 7 on it without having to do anything else but install drivers for 8800 ultra video card
Running with:
Intel Core2Duo E7400 @3.1 GHZ
EVGA 8800 Ultra 768
Seagate 750 GB Sata Drive
Hauppauge WinTV HDTV Card
4 GB Corsair DDR2 PC2 8500
Samsung 22x DVD Burner
Raidmax 2RX-630SS 630 Watt (Semi)modular PS

DDR2 1066 Memory does not get recognized as anything else but 800 MHZ
2 sata ports are entirely/partially blocked by video card
southbridge Heatsink is obstructed of all air flow by video card and sata cables
Doesn't have Firewire onboard
Bios options have no helpful info regarding their respectful uses or settings
cannot completely disable onboard video, which reserves physical memory regardless of your wishes
does not come with any cables beside a sata/pata cable
driver disc is ancient and doesn't work correctly in windows vista/7

Ok first off... I bought this for a HTPC. That being said, I wanted something that was going to have good sound, have a gigabit lan port on it, plenty of usb ports, and be able to accommodate my 8800 ultra(for games of course), and not draw a ton of power(yes I know 8800 ultra?!?)
I opened the box and was pleasantly surprised at how well it appeared this was laid out. After dropping my C2D E7400 and 4 gigs of corsair memory in, I plugged my p/s in along with my flash hard drive and my samsung lcd to it, it booted right up without any setup in bios. I did notice upon bootup that it recognized the processor correctly but was reading my 1066 memory as 800 and also showing only 3.8 gigs of available memory.... Interesting. I went into bios and the only options for memory are your timings and voltage... teh suck!
though I can change the FSB of the processor, this would alter the processor and I am not interested in making it draw more power. All in all, a great mobo oth

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
Video Output blurry

Everything else seems to work well

Video output blurry with ghosting of text on the screen

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Features & Details

  • Intel G31
  • Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Celeron
  • DDR2 1066(O.C)/800

Specifications

Model
BrandBIOSTAR
ModelG31-M7G DVI
Supported CPU
CPU Socket TypeLGA 775
CPU TypeCore 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Celeron
FSB800/1066/1333/1600(OC)MHz
Supported CPU TechnologiesHyper-Threading Technology
Chipsets
ChipsetIntel G31
South BridgeIntel ICH7
Onboard Video
Onboard Video ChipsetIntel GMA 3100
Memory
Number of Memory Slots2x240pin
Memory StandardDDR2 1066(O.C)/800
Maximum Memory Supported4GB
Channel SupportedDual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x161 x PCI Express x16
PCI Slots2 x PCI Slots
Storage Devices
PATA1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
Onboard Audio
Audio ChipsetRealtek ALC662
Audio Channels6 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN ChipsetRealtek 8111C
Max LAN Speed1Gbps
Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports2 x PS/2 / 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/22
Video PortsD-Sub + DVI
USB 1.1/2.04 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports3 Ports
Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB2 x USB 2.0 Header
Physical Spec
Form FactorMicro ATX
Dimensions (W x L)9.6" x 7.48"
Power Pin24 Pin
Packaging
Package ContentsG31-M7G DVI Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable SATA Cable
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggSeptember 09, 2008
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