ASUS M2A-VM Motherboard Reviews

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Pros: very stable mobo. bought a second one to replace the same rig. Cons: very confusing rma form asus so i just gave up and bought another one here. Other Thoughts: bought this again mainly because the 9850 phenom fried the first one. from Newegg.com Cons: None Other Thoughts: The driver CD that comes with the motherboard doesn't seem to install all the chipset drivers. Left a unrecognized chipset driver in the Device Manager in XP. A quick download of the latest drivers from ASUS website fixed the problem though. from Newegg.com The on-board video works fine in KDE, but I am not doing an high-end graphics or gaming stuff. No problem with on-board 1 GB NIC. A big advantage of this MB (and many other Asus boards) is that if you only have 2 sticks of memory, you can usually install them in memory slots 3 & 4 (the black ones), which is a huge advantage when using a large heatsink like the one I installed (XIGMATEK HDT-S1283). Not all memory is certified to work in this configuration, but my CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) worked fine in the black slots only (increased the memory voltage to 2.0V in the bios per Corsair recommendation). from Newegg.com I used this motherboard for a PC I was building for a customer who was concerned about price. It is just as good as anything else out there. ASUS is solid and the installation is a piece of cake. Cons: No second PCI-E slot, but hey, if you are buying this product, you probably don't need it. from Newegg.com Pros: After assembling three XP systems around these boards I'm impressed with what is offered by the inexpensive M2A-VM right out of the box. Fast onboard LAN, surprisingly good onboard audio and video, an easy layout to work with, and support for several processors, including the Phenom 9850. from Newegg.com A lot of flexibility with this board. Cons: Installed with WinXPSP2, and had trouble installing/finding Realtek audio drivers that would install correctly. WinXP service pack 3 fixed the issue, but it seems odd that Asus wouldn't include an audio chip driver version that works with SP2. Other Thoughts: Used with AMD|A64 X2 5200+ 2.7G AM2 65N CPU and Kingston 1Gx2|KST DII667 ram. from Newegg.com This matches with LE-1600 CPU and runs on very low power since I don't need extra GPU. Cons: Included driver DVD is not readable by both of my two dvd-r as the other reviewer mentioned. ATI driver from ASUS homepage does not support scaling to fit my plasma. Installed the one provided by ATI/AMD and it worked perfectly. from Newegg.com Pros: Another outstanding product by ASUS. Always bundled with top-quality components. from Newegg.com Other Thoughts: Considering this is marketed as an Blu-ray/HD-DVD solution, I am very disappointed. It is absolutely not that. And this is the first time I've been disappointed in ASUS; I just don't know what they were thinking. If you want HD playback, nothing less than an 8000-series video card will do. from Newegg.com Pros: I love ASUS boards. Everything is nicely laid out and very reliable. from Newegg.com

Released	over 2 years ago
Compatible Processors	AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
Memory Type	DDR2 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots	4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Chipset	AMD-690G
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1 PCI Express x1 x 1 PCI x 2
Form Factor	Micro ATX
Front Side Bus Speed	1000 MHz
MPN	M2A-VM M2A-VM BULK
On Board Graphic Processor	ATI RADEON X1250
RAID Support	SATA RAID 0 SATA RAID 1 SATA RAID 10
Storage Controller Type(s)	DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA II x 4
Supported RAM speeds	800 Mhz
UPC	00610839148165

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