Pros: Can run windows 7 stable

Cons: A compleat waste of Time and money for running linux

Overall Review: This server and it's daughter sas controller board was a compleat waste of time and money, first off the hardware sas controller has an 5 year old bios it ran SSD slower then a hard drive , I tried ocz, crucial , intel, adata , even with out the controller installed just using the onboard devices was a fail in linux ,ok to sum it up I installed Windows 7 and gave it to a friend , replaced with a super micro server motherboard that just works

Pros: I would like to amend my rating for this product from 1 star to 5. There is a special Microsoft patch for Windows 2008 R2 and Hyper-V available to fix this specific cpu (Lynnfield and Nehalem) and motherboard BIOS problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975530 Alternatively, you can opt to disable a bios setting instead: Disable the C1E setting in the BIOS. After applying the fix, so far so good.

Cons: none.

Pros: Quality board with good BIOS. Multiple onboard RAID options. Additional expansion options for LSI RAID and KVM. Six DIMM slots.

Cons: Requires system specific memory. I had to get it from another vendor, the one I ordered from NewEgg was not compatible. Look at the global ASUS site for compatibilty. I used a Kingston kit recommended by them by searching for memory for this motherboard on their site.

Pros: I still love you Newegg. If only ASUS could take a lesson from your customer service.

Cons: After running server with all vendor qualified hardware, I began experiencing an issue with the server not booting. Clearing the CMOS seemed to fix the problem so I upgraded the bios to the latest version. Experienced the issue again and began troubleshooting the hardware. Memory tested Fine, PSU tested Fine. Attempted running barebones outside the case and experienced the same issue. The issue was completely random. I did determine that the cmos reset was not necessary and simply unplugging the PSU was the fix. First call to Asus suggested manually adjusting memory timings. Same issue. Second call assured me it wasn't the board and encouraged me to run it barebones to eliminate the hardware causing the issue. I assured him I had, he assured me it wasn't a motherboard issue and wound up hanging up on me. Third call insisted it was a power supply and told me he could RMA the board but was certain it wasn't the motherboard. I replaced my PSU to humor him, same issue.

Overall Review: After several months of troubleshooting and terribly rude customer service, I have scrapped the motherboard and will never buy ASUS again. As an IT consultant and system builder I only call support as a last resort and poor customer support will sour me on a company permanently. After extensive research online, several of ASUS's motherboards have experienced similar issues and the insistence that it couldn't possibly be their problem was endemic to their customer support. Three calls blamed it on other components and insisted it couldn't possibly be their issue.

Pros: When the mother board worked it was great. The first board worked for a few days. The second board worked for a few hours.

Cons: I am currently on hold returning the second mother board now. Both times the bios chip failed. The first time the Bios chip failed on its own. The second time the bios chip failed after a "Successful" bios upgrade. At least it said it was successful. The board gave no audible errors and would not post. I tried re-flashing the chip with no success.

Overall Review: I was not impressed with Asus customer service considering they knew it was the second one I had ordered with the same problem. They offered me a new Bios chip but wanted to charge me $25.00 to ship it. They would not bend on this. Really? The chip is smaller then a 25 cent quarter. Not knowing if this would fix the problem, I didn't want to be out the $25 when the item was clearly under warranty and should not have to pay shipping to replace a defective part. Asus needs to put customer satisfaction first before money in this economy. IT'S GETTING RETURNED!

Pros: Nice feature set - not too much good to say about these boards at this point.

Cons: Where to start, I'm on my third MB after the first one failed and the second one ASUS sent did not work fully either. Had to spend an hour on the phone most of which was on hold and then to deal with a combative support person. This board was eligible for advanced replacement but they didn't want to honor that a second time even though the second board was faulty too. Finally, after insisting to speak to a manager and waiting on hold again for another 15 minutes they agreed to send an advanced replacement. Got board number 3 a week ago and finally got a chance to tear down my NAS and do the replacement. I've been through this process enough now that all of the cables and connectors are labeled and I can swap the board as fast as Jeff Gordon's pit crew. Results - board number 3 has issues too. Only 1 of the 5 SATA drives enumerated correctly and that one reported an error and the system won't boot. I went through the BIOS to make sure I have the correct version and settings.

Overall Review: Tomorrow after work I get to burn yet another few hours working on this system and giving support yet another call and deal with yet another support rep with a bad attitude. Maybe some day ASUS will get their stuff together but I won't be there to see it. This former ASUS only builder will be looking hard at other MB makers to see who can provide a reliable MB. It won't take much to beat what ASUS has put forth for this project so far which in many ways is almost nil. I don't know what's worse at this point the hardware or the support.

Pros: There is try joy when this board works. It worked great in two servers until I got the stupid idea to upgrade memory. After the upgrade neither machine will boot, even when I put the original memory back in.

Cons: So fragile. This has to be the most fragile board I have ever worked on. After a memory or CPU upgrade the board would light up, but would never post, without any beep codes or any indication what the problem was.

Overall Review: If you like a challenge try this board. It will make the best technical people available feel like children. The only feature better then the frustration of the board isnthe uselessness of the support. I had to post a question three times before their servers would accept it.

Pros: It's green. It has stuff on it. It and you can throw it like a frisbee. One egg for being green, and a second for flight time.

Cons: Be prepared to be completely ignored when contacting ASUS customer support. I contacted them because the board would not boot, but instead my pleading fell on deaf ears. I doubt I will ever buy from them again.

Overall Review: It looks nice when you put it back in it's packaging and throw it out the window. It doesn't fly far though. Kind of like it's performance.