BIOSTAR G41M7 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

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Excellent low end board. Every little thing works. I like the "quiet" setting in the hardware section for the cpu fan. None. Can't anticipate significantly far more from an affordable board.

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A quite quick and stable board that was straightforward to install. Well laid out with a good sensable style. Win7 installed without a hitch. Would've given it 5 stars but....The I/O plate was defective (off center by about five cm) so had to install the board without having it or risk putting too a lot strain on the ports.Bought this when the price was แ.99 now its down to ื.99 This board was problable the easiest I've ever installed. The I/O plate caused me grief for some time just before I decided to install with out it. Don't like getting an opening that large in the back of my pc but what can I do?This replaced a Micro-star (MSI) Mboard in my Gateway GT5678 that decided to die right in the middle of some very crucial work. I hope this one won't do the very same. So far so Great.

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Worked out of the box with no issues. Came with a adapter for my case so the the mini ATX MB fit nicely into an older enlight case I had laying around. Booted windows XP from an old system and upgrade to Windows 7, 64 bit with no problems. Wasn't able to make the front audio jacks (mic and ear phones) working simply because both the case and MB pins aren't labled incredibly good. In Biostars defense this case is various years old and the pins are individualy broken out vs a connector sort style which the board would easlily deal with.. Employed the new computer system to transfer my household videos to DVD. Didn't drop a single frame because of the solid Intel CPU and MB performance. Thanks newegg!method specs:Biostar G41M7 MBIntel Pentium E5500 Dual-Core Processor (LGA 775ƞGB OCZ Reaper 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 (PC800)