Question 1

Can this board run JBOD or in another word can the sata ports be run as individual drives?

Accepted Answer

Insofar as I understand your question, yes. I have 2 hard drives in it and they're run as just individual drives. They're not RAIDed or anything like that. I never set up a RAID for it as I didn't want it, but according to the mobo manual, the H87 chipset supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10.

If by JBOD you mean that the mobo will pool several individual drives into one big single drive, then I don't believe the mobo does that. Although, I'm doing exactly that in software. I'm currently using the mobo in a headless ubuntu server running greyhole to pool the hard drives into a single storage array. Basically like Driver Extender from Windows Home Server V1.

I hope this answered your question.

Question 2

will this mobo support 3 or 4tb hard drives?

Accepted Answer

The MOBO will support 3TB and 4TB+ drives.  However, if you want to have a volume larger than 2.2TB in Windows, you will have to use the GPT format, rather than MBR. GPT formatted drives can be read using windows, but if you want to use the GPT formatted drive as a boot drive, it works as long as you use 64-bit windows and UEFI.  My working setup uses Win 8.1 64-bit, has a 1TB boot drive, two 3TB drives as a mirrored Storage Spaces volume and a 4TB file history drive.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Question 3

Is this windows XP compatible?

Accepted Answer

There are drivers available from ASUS website for Windows XP but they are limited so you may not have access to all of the hardware drivers. On a side note, XP support is going to be dropped by Microsoft soon.  You may want to look into getting, at the very least, Vista if the software you are trying to run is not compatible with Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Question 4

Im building a server based on this mb. What is the best memory to use? thanks

Accepted Answer

I paired it with 2 sticks of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148654 The build has been solid, although I have not run memtest86 or anything other than regular day-to-day use. I got a pretty good deal on them and I wanted low-profile DDR3 with low latency. Low-profile since I was building a small HTPC, and I didn't know how much physical clearance I would have. These sticks are also low-voltage (and theoretically lower power). According to Jeff Atwood (search Jeff Atwood 2013 HTPC), the DDR3 speed affects Haswell's GPU performance. The optimum is DDR3 1866, but DDR3 1600 tends to be more cost-effective and provides the best value.

Question 5

will this motherboard work with these parts? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151121 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103180 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130922 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345017&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811345017&gclid=CJPI2qas77kCFSVBQgodU1QAdQ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103180

Accepted Answer

I think it should but I can only speak from experience. I use it with i3 4130K with stock cooler Case: Lian Li http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112339 4gb Corsair XMS 1600 dual channel cl9 And I used power supply: Corsair CM600M ( upper model have zero fan under 40% but in mtix case I think it very bad idea ) I hope this could help you anyhow

Question 6

Does this motherboard support anything besides a video card in it's PCIe slot?  Something like a sound card or TV Tuner card?

Accepted Answer

You should be able to insert and use anything between PCIe x1 - PCIe x16 in a PCIe x16 slot.

Question 7

tell me what video cards you can use and how do you access it to hook up the video cable to it?

Accepted Answer

... i fail to see the reasoning behind this question.  It's a Mini-ITX motherboard.  One PCI-Espress expansion slot.  No different from M-ATX or standard ATX motherboards... just that they have more slots.  The display connections still end up at the back of the case as usual.  As for which video card you can use, that all depends on what the case you decide to put it in can support length-wise.

Question 8

According to Asus this is compatible with G3220 CPU as long as it has bios 701.  What bios does this ship with, and how do I update bios if only cpu I have is G3220?

Accepted Answer

I am using the G3220 processor (and also the 4771) on this board.  I've not had one fail to boot up.

However, one of the first things I do  is to upgrade the BIOS to the latest available version.  There is a built-in utility to do the update from a biols image file on a USB flash drive.

I have had trouble with some Linux kernels from about 2 years ago that don't boot on this board.  But older kernels and newer kernels run just fine.

Question 9

This processor is compatible in this board? I will need to update de BIOS prior to install?

Intel Core i54460
Haswell QuadCore
3.2GHz
LGA 1150 BX80646I54460 Desktop Processor
Intel HD Graphics 4600

Accepted Answer

I bought an Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz (LGA1150) and it works great, without any updates to the bios.

I am also using the integrated graphics without any issues.

Question 10

What Bios does this ship with.  Can anyone who has ordered this recently tell me?  Thanks.

Accepted Answer

Don't know why it matters, or you'd even ask.  You're insane not to upgrade to the latest BIOS on any new board as soon as you have it booting.

Brand	ASUS
Model	H87I-PLUS

CPU Socket Type	LGA 1150
CPU Type	Intel Socket 1150 for 4th Generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron
Supported CPU Technologies	Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 1600/1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported	16GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

Serial ATA (SATA)	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10

Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC887
Audio Channels	8 Channels

ASUS H87I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard With UEFI BIOS

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PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard
Video Ports	1 x DVI-D 1 x D-Sub
HDMI	1 x HDMI
USB 3.0	4 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	4 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	3 Ports

Onboard USB	2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors	1 x CPU Fan connector(s) 1 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 1 x S/PDIF out header(s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) 1 x Front panel connector(s) 1 x Internal speaker connector(s) 1 x System panel(s) 1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)

Form Factor	Mini ITX
Dimensions (W x L)	6.7" x 6.7"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Intel I217
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

Item#: N82E16813132032