Question 1

I'm trying to build a NAS and looking at this board. Does The USB port Onboard allow booting? So I could use it for the boot of FREENAS

Accepted Answer

I have this motherboard inside my FreeNAS build, so yes, you should be good to go. My system has been running flawlessly (other than my own errors) for over a year now.

Question 2

Can this take an i7 if so wich?

Accepted Answer

We have used the Intel Core i7-4770 with this motherboard on quite a few computers with no problems.

Question 3

Is the motherboard compatible with a Fractal Designs Node 304 case? The case is a standard ITX motherboard case.

Accepted Answer

I would not believe so.  This board is very large.  Without knowing exactly the box, the mobo is 15" by 18".

Question 4

Does this motherboard require ECC RAM or can it use regular ram?

Accepted Answer

This board doesn't support ECC, and in fact only uses laptop form factor SODIMMs.

Question 5

Do the two Intel LAN ports support teaming and auto-fail-over with the ProSet software?

Accepted Answer

Yes, ProSet allows them to team. However, it's not straightforward because the 2 LANs use different chipsets (huh?). As of this writing even Win2012R2 didn't recognize the 2nd port without being pointed to the drivers.

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