Joined on 08/25/04
Careful with 3rd party coolers!
Pros: Low cost, feature packed Z68 board for low cost gaming rigs; awesome combo deals. Dual x16 slot at single x16 slot prices.
Cons: There is a capacitor on the motherboard inside the "cooler footprint" that has untrimmed legs that hang down far enough to short against standard 3rd party cooler backplates. You can see it on the picture - two dots to the right of the socket backplate, just below center between the cooler mounting holes. A second row of capacitors is further to the right, outside of the cooler backplate footprint. SIMPLE FIX (DIY) - clip/trim the legs to just above the solder joint, this should prevent them from shorting against a cooler backplate (check before applying power). If you're paranoid, cover with an insulator.
Overall Review: I bought several of these, RMA'd the first (capacitor shorted, nearby IC cooked and exploded). I consider the capacitor location to be a defect; cooler backplate footprint for 1155 is documented by Intel (see Intel's PDF for socket 1155 specifications). Could be fixed in QC at the factory. Torn between 3 and 4 Eggs - there is a design/QC defect, but not sure of the criticality; how many people buying this board are going to buy a serious 3rd party cooler requiring a backplate? It is a Z68 chipset - premium paid for OC capability - but it's a $100 motherboard. I put a tower cooler with dual 120mm fans on it (and 5 more in the case) for high volume / low speed cooling to keep things quiet (<20db); not your "normal" low cost gaming rig.
Not all features present, DOA
Pros: Great price for the features - 10.1", ICS, Tegra3, 32GB storage. Stock ICS - no bloatware or vendor specific bundles, GUI, or social life management (e.g. motoblur).
Cons: Arrived DOA - battery dead, would not charge. Worked off power cable, though. I had to pay $10 to return a DOA item; item sits in limbo at their RMA facility, unevaluated. Does NOT charge via USB; requires proprietary charging cable. Does NOT include SIM slot or 4G; Fujitsu updated specs to remove this without updating model number.
Overall Review: Only had an evening to play with it. Many reviews mention that the touch screen is unresponsive; I never took the shipping film off it, so it was unresponsive for me, but that was probably the film. Most of those reviews are from before the revision that removed celluar, so they may also have fixed/improved the screen. Haven't found a car adapter; charging is via wall A/C only.
Ammendment to previous review
Pros: See previous review
Cons: See previous review
Overall Review: Rating upgraded to 3 eggs. I submitted an RMA for the power supply on Monday, and the vendor (outside vendor, not newegg) had a replacement at my door on Wednesday. No questions, no paperwork, just arrived. While I'm still frustrated about the condition on arrival, and the amount of time and knowledge it took to rebuild the OS, the vendor didn't ignore me, and the turnaround was amazingly fast.
1080P and Netflix: As good as your NAS/Network
Pros: Excellent features for a $100 tablet (see previous review)
Cons: Not all the features of $800 tablet (see previous review)
Overall Review: Amendment to previous review. - Netflix works just fine - same performance level as other devices on the same network at the same time (original test results were poor due to broadband congestion) - 1080P video renders just fine as long as it can stream in time. In original test, bit rate of the videos exceeded transfer speed of the NAS (was overloaded at the time with other jobs). Same videos worked just fine off of SD Card, and from NAS that isn't overloaded. - WiFi just fine - bandwidth in tests (speedtest) on par with HTC One sitting right next to it.
Works
Pros: PATA!
Cons: PATA.
Overall Review: Popped it into my XPS M170 (last PATA and Pentium M version of the XPS line). Loaded Windows 7 without a hitch or any drivers.