ASRock LGA775/Intel G31/DDR2/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard G31M-GS R2.0

ASRock LGA775/Intel G31/DDR2/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard G31M-GS R2.0 - Review

Bad VGA socket damaged my VGA jack
1 star due to the damage this mobo caused even BEFORE turning the power on.

After assembly, the VGA plug didn't want to go in to this mobo's VGA socket.
I checked the jack and it IS in the matching orientation. So I used some force.
It finally went in. But I felt something weird right then.

So, I pulled out the jack and checked it. I found that one of the VGA pins in the jack is completely bent inside
the metal sleeve. I checked the mobo side VGA port using magnifier. One of the holes (in matching position
to the bent pin) is apparently smaller than the other holes and too tight for the pin to slide in! Thus the damage.

I couldn't believe it. The holes are in the injected piece of plastic so aren't they supposed to be the same always?
No one seems to be complaining about the same problem either...

To make the matter worse, in an attempt to straighten out the pin using a small tip tweezers, the tip completely broke...

Details about ASRock LGA775/Intel G31/DDR2/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard G31M-GS R2.0

Brand: ASRock

Features of this ASRock LGA775/Intel G31/DDR2/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard G31M-GS R2.0

• Processor: LGA775
• Chipset: Northbrige Intel G31 & Southbridge Intel ICH7
• Memory: 2x DDR2-800/667 DIMM Slots, Dual Channel, Non-ECC, Un-buffered, Max Capacity of 8GB
• Slots: 1x PCI-Express x16 Slot, 1x PCI Express x1 slot, 2x PCI Slots
• IDE/SATA: 1x ATA100 IDE Connector (supports 2 IDE devices), 4x SATA2 Ports
• Ports: 8x USB 2.0 Ports (4 rear, 4 via headers), 1x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1x PS/2 Mouse Port, 1x VGA Port, 1x Serial Port, 1x RJ45 LAN Port, Audio I/O Jacks
• Power Connector: 1x 24pin ATX Power Connector, 1x 4pin 12V Power Connector

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ASIN : B000WCBN0W

Description : ASRock G31M-GS R2.0 LGA775/ Intel G31/ DDR2/ A&V&GbE/ MicroATX Motherboard

Customer review : Only controls a single fan
Pro:
* It actually boots from my USB flash drive. You have to press F11 during the BIOS POST to select it. You can't configure the BIOS to boot from the USB flash drive by default. (I say "actually" because I have 3 other motherboards and they all fail to boot from the USB flash drive despite having 'boot from USB' support in the BIOS.)
* It seems to work just fine. I have had no stability problems at all with the default settings.
* Gigabit Ethernet, sound, and everything work ootb on Linux Ubuntu 12. With Vista it required the supplied driver CD - and works fine too.

Con:
* It only controls a single fan. :-( I bought a case from Amazon that had 2 fans - so one of the fans screams at full speed all the time. It's kinda loud and I feel bad about that. If anyone has a solution to that please post :-)

List Price : $58.05

Price : $58.05



category: Motherboards

brand: ASRock

Rating : 4.2