MSI 760GM-E51 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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I was upgrading my laptop and wanted to use the identical case, which would only match a micro ATX. This item fits the bill nicely. The only situation I've had with it so far is that I've had incredibly poor IDE overall performance with it. It's on the order of 1.5 Mb/s. I've attempted almost everything I can think of, including setting the BIOS to UDMA5, and yes I am making use of the correct Ultra IDE cable. I can not appear to find any drivers for this board aside from installing the newest Catalyst drivers. Aside from my dilemma with a extremely slow tough drive, it's worked nicely. If I can get that taken care of I'll be incredibly delighted with the motherboard.

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N/A Board wouldn't POST regardless of quite a few unique hardware configurations. What a discomfort in the... Initial time MSI purchase... Final time MSI obtain. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have knowledgeable with this specific mb. Please e-mail me straight by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete make contact with info, topic heading "EAH760GM". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User HelpMSI Solution Support

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Price,Energy usage, and the simple Over clocking! I combined this MSI 760GM-E51 AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with an AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana three.2GHz, CORSAIR XMS3 4GB ƒ x 2GB), Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound, and a XFX GT240XYHFC GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit DDR5. A single 92mm ARCTIC COOLING fan to replace the one on the rear of the case and moved the old 1 to the front. A single Rosewill RFX-120BL 120mm that I cut a hole in the side of the case to blow a lot more air on the Mobo. I stuff all this into an HP Pavilion a1210n. My initially create and I was in a position to very easily location almost everything exactly where it went (with the exception of the CD audio in(which had a diverse adapter for the pin to clip to.) and possibly the 1934 fire wire which occurred to match the USB plug-in but not the Higher-speed 16550A connection I would have figured it would, but I will research that later. I was in a position to set up the BIOS with no any trouble. the guidelines were quite clear. Will continue in Other Thoughts I was unable to plug in the CD audio in for the front panel on the HP case(BOOOO HOOO!, i under no circumstances plugged it in when it worked on the a1210n and i doubt i would have ever if it had plugged right in this time, OHHHHH BOOOOO HOOO! Concluding, I was able to unlock the Fourth core and overclock the FSB by ten% this brought my CPU up to a AMD Phenom II x 4 B50 running at 3.5Ghz and now accessing 1400+ of the 1600 Mhz of RAM that I bought and have accomplished keeping the Idle temp at 30 deg cel and have not peaked more that 59 deg while I Prime 95'd the fourth core to verify both temp and stability, and the Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound hasn't even cured but. When The paste has cured and the Air Condition of the summer has kicked on I program to flip the switch again and go for the 20%(thats three.8Ghz and the full 1600Mhz of RAM) My Windows scores are as follows; Processor 7.four, RAM 7.4, Graphics 6.9, Gaming Graphics six.9, Key HD five.7(plan to rectify this one with a nice SSD) All of this on the original 300W energy provide! Excellent luck builders and hope yours is as great as mine was to me!

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Wow this little motherboard is packed with tons of wonderful attributes and components. A good acquire. None!

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Purchased it to upgrade an older desktop. Performs good so far. Simple to set up. I am not a laptop builder or a tech guy. Combined it with a Phenom II X4 945 and it operates wonderful. None Newegg has wonderful rates and quickly delivery.

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Function rich, liked my budget RAM, solid state regulators lead me to think it will be about for a even though. Straight forward manual (in many languages) and decent layout. Did not unlock my Phenom II 550 Callisto. Really properly could be the CPU, I intend to do some additional testing with a different AM3 board/proc that are operating unlocked. This is my 1st AM3 MSI board (though I've been working with MSI for years) and it appears to be in maintaining with the high top quality I'm used to. Operating 64bit Fedora 12 (Linux) on the technique and almost everything is operating nicely. Granted I'm operating discrete networking, sound and video. (Intel, nVidia, Createive respectively)

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uncomplicated set up, works wonderful except... (see beneath) Laptop stops responding and should be powered down.Reboot and the MB has reset to default settings. At initial I thought the difficulty was with a difficult drive, reinstalled Windows 7 64bit and different tough drive. Have checked cmos jumper and battery connections all OK. Attempted removing all unnecessary usb devices in case one was causing a brief. Difficulty has elevated in frequency to the point of computer system becoming unreliable. Bought this 'open box' and had initially ordered MSI 785GM-E51 AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard but received this board. Considering that I'm working with a devoted video card the difference among boards was not considerable.

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Size and price tag.A lot of newer technology (dual channel DDR3, socket AM3, HDMI out) Had difficulty with the BIOS. See the Other Thoughts. My possibilities soon after POST were some thing like "restart or boot from disc drive". Windows XP installed with no challenge following picking the "disc boot" and I haven't had any troubles because. Not rather a con, far more probably just user error.

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Appears properly-constructed. Worked extremely nicely for seven months. I bought two computers with the MSI 760GM-E51 inside the final year. Each worked flawlessly till a few days ago. One of the MSI 760GM-E51 motherboards caught on fire. The pc had to be sent back to the manufacturer for repair. Needless to say, this has shaken my confidence in this motherboard. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Buyer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have experienced with this particular mb. Please e-mail me directly by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete get in touch with details, subject heading "EAH760GM". I would like to enable you get this resolved.Finest Regards,User AssistanceMSI Product Assistance

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Very good Cost for the board. Will update this evaluation if the alter to memory slots three and 4 works to cease the blue screens. Windows fails to load about 1ǘ o f the time. more so when computer has been off for a number of hours. When the board reboots several occasions and loads then will run extremely well till it is shut down for the night. Next morning blue screens again. Read exactly where memory place in slots might solve this challenge so I will attempt that.

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Extremely rated A thing is not correct I have not thoroughly tested this MB. But I have identified a difficulty with this MB and my memory. I am not sure is one is the issue and the other is okay so I gave this MB 3 stars although it may well deserve more or fewer.The MB manual says to put your member in slots 1 or 1 and 2. When I have both populated, Windows fails to load about 1ǘ o f the time. Eitehr memory stick functions okay in either slot. But don't populate slots 1 & 2. On the other hand, if I place them in slots threeƀ (not proposed in the manual) then it seems to function okay (but I have only tested this a dozen times or so). Beneath is my hardware, fantastic luck to you.MSI 760GM-E51 AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD MotherboardG.Skill 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Heka two.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model HDZ720WFK3DGI - OEMMicrosoft Windows 7 Household Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for Process Builde

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Numerous overclocking settings in bios. Typical every thing else. CMOS battery clip was really weak and broke somewhat quickly. I wanted to reset my bios and decided to attempt and take away the battery. The clip holding the CMOS battery just broke apart. I'm now looking for another motherboard simply because the battery won't stick.

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This is my second assessment. Great MB. Great layout if not utilizing a PCI-16 video card which blocks the upper PCI slot.CPU/Fan & memory installed quickly and complete install took only 20 minutes. Over clocked Sempron 140 from 2.7 to 3.1ghz by just setting the on board OC switches to 15%. Purchased as open box, so no screws or manual. If making use of the on board, over-clock switches due to the fact the default settings are each switches in the "on" position. Thought OZC 1333 memory was poor, but turned out the system was unstable when over-clocked to 20%. Fully stable when the OC switches are at 15%. Single core, 2.7ghz Sempron 140 to 3.two ghz. Will unlock to dual core athlon 4400, but I see no overall performance increase so I run the processor as a single core. MSI 760g-e51 motherboardSempron 140 AM3 processorfour gigs OCZ DDR three 1333 ramMSI 4350 ATI pcie 16 card video cardWindows 7 64 bit Household PremiumTwo 500 gig SATA tough drivesA single 160 gig PATA difficult drive

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Effortless overlocking of the FSB with 2 switches on board.. can go from five%-20% overclock.Modest but fantastic layout, straightforward to transfer wiring, excellent diagram in the instructions It is a Micro... not considerably space to fit factors, like a significant GPU... Had to cram my GPU and Wireless adapter in together. But not seriously a con...

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Fantastic board, havnt had a single dilemma with it. This was the 1st motherboard i ever bought and i regret nothing at all about buying this board. Supports 16 GB of RAM, 5 SATA ports, and HDMI built in. none

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I have often kinda stuck to MSI motherboards simply because they have often preformed nicely and been trusted for me. This board is no unique Im employing this in a media center computer and its worked flawlessly none so far. The only reason i didnt give this 5 stars is simply because i haven't tested it for gaming or truly tried overclocking or any thing advanced on it so i dont know how it preforms below that type of stress but its been a total sweetheart in my media center construct

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Appear folks, Dont give this 1 egg due to the fact its dead, IT Happens! OK? Don't " Very first MSI purchase, Last time MSI Buy. " yeah, Im talking to you. RMA it if its dead then write a evaluation about it. If its dead once more then give it one egg. I have had adequate. Perfectly good things get 2-3 egg ratings since individuals wont RMA it to see if it will function then. < NA >

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Good layout if not utilizing a video card in the PCI-16 slotCPU/Fan & memory installed quickly and entire install took only 20 minutesOverclock switch. over clocked Sempron140 from two.7 to three.1ghz by just setting the switch to 15% Upper PCI slot blocked by pcie 16 video card.Error with the DVD/CD drive in the course of set up of W-7 64 bit property premium. "Can't come across driver for DVD/CD drive". Appears to be a compatibility concern with certain PATA optical drives, MB chipset, and bios settings. Lastly installed OS from usb flash drive. Drive still not capable to read immediately after set up of Windows7. I'm nevertheless using the PATA drive with a usb adapter and it operates fantastic. msi 760g-e51 motherboardSempron 140 am3 processor4 gigs OCZ DDR three ramgeforce 7100 pcie 16 video card (OLD)

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Nicely laid out motherboard with a slight quirk. Runs cool with lots of options for overclockers and the like. A single quirk of the mobo layout that's been talked about ahead of is the inclusion of only 1 vertical sata port with the rest horizontal at the side of the board. Personally, would have preferred obtaining them all verticle, all horizontal, or half and half. Individual opinion. If you really like getting a working power LED for the front panel, be aware that the mobo only has a two pin connector for the power LED. I've only ran into cases with energy LED's requiring three pins. It's effortlessly rectified by clipping, stripping and soldering on a new two pin connector to the energy LED cable.

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Decent board. I particularly like that you can put four ram chips into it, so I did not have to upgrade my memory all at when. Operates reliably. I could not make the onboard graphics perform no matter what I did. The ATI driver setup plan just refused to recognize the onboard graphics chipset. This did not bother me considerably though, as I had planned on acquiring a graphics card eventually anyhow.