Question 1

Built in wireless capability?

Accepted Answer

There is no built-in wireless capability, only through add-on cards or usb connections. I'm currently using this for a media/file server with a wireless bridge and it has been working quite well.

Question 2

Will the GA-F2A75M-HD2 (rev. 3.0) support Windows XP OS ?

Accepted Answer

According to the manufacturer website the GA-F2A75M-HD2 will runn Windows xp.  The 64bit version will get more use out of the board than 32bit.   I would personally not use xp but if you have to it should work.  Linux or Windows 7 or newer would be my choice.

Question 3

Is this motherboard compatible with the A10-7850K Kalveri CPU?

Accepted Answer

Go to the Gigabyte web site then find what ever mother board you want info for then click the support & downloads tab there you find CPU & memory support lists.

Question 4

Can I run 2 case fans from the single mb fan header? I'm using the Rosewill FBM-01 case, which has one 120mm and one 80mm fans.

Accepted Answer

The bios monitors the CPU fan . I would not recommend trying to drive both the case and CPU fan off this header. I suggest you purchase a adapter from the fan pin to a hard drive plug. Many cases include this adapter when they also include a case fan. The fan will not be monitored by the bios but will function.

Question 5

I'm having trouble getting audio to come through HDMI and out my TV speakers.

I'm running Ubuntu, and it detects the HDMI output. I'm able to hear audio through headphones that are plugged into the front headphone jack. I'm also able to hear sound through USB headphones.

Any ideas what the problem could be? Any help would be much appreciated.

Accepted Answer

I would try downloading the driver straight from Realtek. Once you do that you should go through the settings and make sure that speakers are default especially if you have separate speakers through your TV and if they are connected to your built-in sound inputs.  Also If you are using a different video card such as Nvidia or AMD.  Make sure that you have the settings straight.  Also go to your control panel and click on sounds and make sure you have all the inputs/outputs turned up and not muted.  If your using an amp for your tv sound, you have to make sure that the audio setting for input is set for HDMI.  You might want to check the HDMI cable to see if any issues. Hope this helps.

Question 6

is there a buzzer header?

Accepted Answer

no buzzer but it should come with a little speaker to plug into it.

Question 7

Does this motherboard support the A10-6700 out of the box or are BIOS upgrades needed?

Accepted Answer

supports it right out of the box...i have the a10 6790k

Question 8

How is this board for over clocking with the 750k? ..if it is not a good one which board would you recommend in this price range?

Accepted Answer

I am currently very satisfied with this MB. I am runnning Ubuntu Studio as my main OS. As far as overclocking with it I have not done much with that. I do know that you will probably have to install some 3rd party software to fully utilize the overclocking on it. I will look into what I can do with the overclocking shortly.

Question 9

Does this MB have a AS Media 106x controller?  Or what kind of controller does it have?

Accepted Answer

No it dos not have an Asmedia ASM-106x Sata 6G controller.

It has a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configurations for SATA support modes 0, 1, 5 and 10.

Question 10

If you use a FM2 chip, does the PCi 3.0 slot function as a 2.0 slot or do you lose the slot all together?

Accepted Answer

You still have the PCIe 3.0 slot regardless of what CPU you use, although FM2 only supports PCIe 2, so with an FM2 CPU it's still a PCIe 3 slot but runs with PCIe 2 bandwidth which is still more than enough for almost any GPU.

If you use an FM2+ you can use the PCIe as a PCIe 3 slot.

Brand	GIGABYTE
Model	GA-F2A75M-HD2 (rev. 3.0)

CPU Socket Type	FM2+
CPU Type	A- Series (FM2+) / Athlon Series

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 2400(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported	64GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

PCI Express 3.0 x16	1 ( To support PCI Express 3.0, you must install an FM2+ APU)
PCI Express x1	1 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots	1 x PCI Slot

Serial ATA (SATA)	4 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/10/JBOD

GIGABYTE GA-F2A75M-HD2 (rev. 3.0) FM2+ AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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Back I/O Ports	1 x D-Sub / 1 x DVI-D / 1 x HDMI / 1 x PS/2 / 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 / 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 / 3 x Audio Jacks
PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
Video Ports	1 x D-Sub 1 x DVI-D
HDMI	1 x HDMI
USB 3.0	2 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	2 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports	3 Ports

Onboard USB	2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors	1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x APU fan header 1 x system fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x serial port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x chassis intrusion header

Form Factor	Micro ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	8.86" x 6.85"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC887
Audio Channels	7.1 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Realtek
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

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