Product Ratings
Overall (45 Reviews)
Newegg.com (31 Reviews)
Tigerdirect.com (11 Reviews)
Buy.com (2 Reviews)
Specs & Features
Released
Socket Type
Compatible Processors
Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Quad
Memory Type
Number of Memory Slots
Chipset
Unknown
Intel G31 Express
Audio Input
Microphone Jack
1 x Line In
Audio Output
Sound Card
5.1 Channels
Line Out
SPDIF Out
Bios Features
Plug And Play BIOS
WfM2.0
PCI 2.2
SMBIOS 2.3
ACPI 2.0a
Bios Type
Chassis Type
Compatibility
Depth
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16 x 1
PCI Express x1 x 1
PCI x 2
Fans
1 x 4-pin fan headers
2 x 3-pin fan headers
Fan Speed Control
Form Factor
Front Side Bus Speed
Integrated Audio
Intel High Definition Audio Subsystem
Realtek ALC888
Integrated Input/Output Ports
USB 2.0 x 8
Serial Port x 1
PS/2 Mouse x 1
PS/2 Keyboard x 1
Floppy Port x 1
MPN
Max Supported RAM
Max supported CPUs qty
Networking Type
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
On Board Graphic Processor
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Other Features
Chassis intrusion detection
Hyper Thread Technology Ready
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Virtualization Technology
Package Qty
Power Configurations
ACPI/APM Power Management
Wake On LAN Header
Suspend to RAM
Wakeup from Keyboard/Mouse
Power-on Mode Control
Suspend to Disk (Hibernate)
Real Time Clock Wake-up Alarm
Regulatory Approval
FCC Class B
CE
BSMI
EN55022
EN55024
FCC Part 15
ICES
VCCI
C-Tick
UL
South Bridge Chip
Storage Controller Type(s)
DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA x 4
Supported RAM speeds
UPC
Video Interface
Video Out Ports
15 Pin D-Sub VGA port x 1
Warranty
Width
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What People Say
$74 and 1)it supports sata 2, 2)has really good audio quality for an onboard card, 3)supports powerful processors right out the box(mine is e6850)even though on intel 's website it said that the
from Cnet.com
its not a bug in the intel chip, or the x86 architecture...
from Tigerdirect.com
also there's the bug in the intel x86 based processors that won't let them recognize more than say 3gb of memory....
from Tigerdirect.com
links to memory requirements and intel spec sheet are here:
from Tigerdirect.com
i have purchased over 25 of these boards using core2 duo cpus and never had any problems installing xp using any sp version or vista for that matter.
from Tigerdirect.com
i bought this mother board like 3 months ago with an c2d 2.66ghz procesor, 2gb ddr2 kingston at 800mhz, 320gb seagate sata hd, and a xfx 8600gt xxx, and runs the latest games fast and smooth.
from Tigerdirect.com
oh and even though intel 's chipset specs for some reason say g31 only supports 1066 bus, their board specs say it supports 1333 bus and it does.
from Newegg.com
after downloading the driver from intel it installed correctly and works fine now.
from Newegg.com
intel 's faq page for this mobo has a link to an updated driver and procedures to fix this issue.
from Newegg.com
other thoughts: newbs need to stop giving products 1 star just because they don't know squat about computers .
from Newegg.com