Question 1

Would you please recommend some RAM that'll work with this motherboard?  It has all of the features I want in a microATX format.  The RAM I tried (item N82E16820239826) was not recognized.

Thank you.
David

Accepted Answer

You need to make sure that you get ECC Unbuffered memory. I'm using 4GB modules in mine, (item N82E16820148710), but there's no reason the 8GB modules of the same type (item N82E16820191592) shouldn't work. I'm pretty sure the module you linked does not have ECC.

Hope that helps!

Question 2

Is there a a mid tower or desktop case which will fit this MB's form factor? If so which cases? 
Thanks

Accepted Answer

Any ATX case will work, However I use these and they're awesome or at least for my purposes, provide power supplies are more that decent as well. Good luck. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811152123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811152168

Question 3

will this support any OS?

Accepted Answer

Shawn C - what OS are you looking to use with this board?  If it helps, i bought this board to use with Freenas.

Question 4

How do I disable the built on pc speaker?

The manual doesn't make this clear.

Accepted Answer

Header JD1 directly below the speaker should have a jumper on the last 2 pins. Removing that should force it to use those external speaker pins (pins 4-7 on that header), which you can just not plug anything into.

Question 5

Does this mainboard support Broadwell processors?

Accepted Answer

I doubt it. You should probably do some research, but from what little I've found I don't think the C224 chipset is compatible with Broadwell processors.

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