Asrock G41m Review

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Asrock G41m Review Guide

ASRock G41M-GS3 Review. Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333(OC) Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, Pixel. Ordered model g41m-vs3, received g41m-s3 from amazon. The difference is the audio and lan chips. This is a decent enough mobo, but missing a few things that are usually standard on other boards i have used. Does not have option to enable num lock and does not have smart hard drive monitoring capability. ASRock G41M-GS3 Motherboard Intel Socket LGA775 iG41+ICH7 MicroATX Gigabit LAN (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500). G41M-GS3 Customer Reviews: 3.4 out of 5. ASRock G41M-VS Review. Supports FSB1333/1066/800 MHz CPUs. Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800. Intel® Graphics Media. Accelerator X4500, Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10. Shared memory 352MB. ASRock G41M-GS - motherboard - micro ATX - LGA775 Socket - G41 overview and full product specs on CNET.

Asrock G41m-vs3 R2.0 Review

  • - LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
    - Supports FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
    - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
    - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
    - Supports EM64T CPU
  • - Northbridge: Intel® G41
    - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
  • - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
    - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
    - Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
    - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB*
    *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
    **In order to maximize the system memory, please install 4GB memory module with 16 cells or 2GB memory modules with at least 8 cells.
  • - 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS
    - Supports 'Plug and Play'
    - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
    - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
    - CPU, VCCM, NB, SB,VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
    - Supports Smart BIOS
  • - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
    - Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10
    - Max. shared memory 1759MB*
    - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz
    *The shared memory size is dynamically controlled by VGA driver, and the Max. shared memory size will be available only when more than 4GB memory is installed under 64-bit OS.
  • - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
  • - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
    - Realtek RTL8111DL
    - Supports Wake-On-LAN
    - Supports PXE
  • - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
    - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
    - 2 x PCI slots
  • - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and Hot Plug functions)
    - 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
    - 1 x Floppy connector
    - 1 x Print port header
    - CPU/Chassis FAN connector
    - 24 pin ATX power connector
    - 4 pin 12V power connector
    - Front panel audio connector
    - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
  • I/O Panel
    - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
    - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
    - 1 x Serial Port: COM1
    - 1 x VGA Port
    - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
    - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
    - HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
  • - ASRock OC Tuner
    - Intelligent Energy Saver
    - Instant Boot
    - ASRock Instant Flash
    - ASRock OC DNA
    - Hybrid Booster:
    - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
    - ASRock U-COP
    - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
  • - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
  • - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
    - 2 x SATA Data Cables
  • - CPU Temperature Sensing
    - Chassis Temperature Sensing
    - CPU Fan Tachometer
    - Chassis Fan Tachometer
    - CPU Quiet Fan
    - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
  • - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.6-in, 24.4 cm x 19.3 cm
  • - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
  • - FCC, CE
    - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)
  • - LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
    - Supports FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
    - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
    - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
    - Supports EM64T CPU
  • - Northbridge: Intel® G41
    - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
  • - Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology
    - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
    - Supports DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667/533* non-ECC, un-buffered memory
    - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB**
    *DDR2 533 is supported with FSB 533 CPU.
    **Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® Vista™. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
    ***In order to maximize the system memory, please install 4GB memory module with 16 cells or 2GB memory modules with at least 8 cells.
  • - 8Mb AMI BIOS
    - AMI Legal BIOS
    - Supports 'Plug and Play'
    - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
    - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
    - CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
    - Supports Smart BIOS
  • - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
    - Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10
    - Max. shared memory 1759MB*
    - Two graphics output options: Support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers
    - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
    - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz
    - Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port
    - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port
    *The shared memory size is dynamically controlled by VGA driver, and the Max. shared memory size will be available only when more than 4GB memory is installed under 64-bit OS.
  • - 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec)
  • - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
    - Realtek RTL8111DL
    - Supports Wake-On-LAN
    - Supports PXE
  • - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
    - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
    - 2 x PCI slots
  • - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and Hot Plug functions)
    - 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
    - 1 x Floppy connector
    - 1 x Print port header
    - 1 x IR header
    - 1 x COM port header
    - CPU/Chassis FAN connector
    - 24 pin ATX power connector
    - 4 pin 12V power connector
    - CD in header
    - Front panel audio connector
    - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
  • I/O Panel
    - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
    - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
    - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
    - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
    - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
    - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
    - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
  • - ASRock OC Tuner
    - Intelligent Energy Saver
    - Instant Boot
    - Hybrid Booster:
    - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
    - ASRock U-COP
    - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
  • - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
  • - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
    - ATA 100 Cable
    - 1 x SATA Data Cable
    - 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable
  • - CPU Temperature Sensing
    - Chassis Temperature Sensing
    - CPU Fan Tachometer
    - Chassis Fan Tachometer
    - CPU Quiet Fan
    - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
  • - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.6-in, 24.4 cm x 21.8 cm
  • - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit / 2000 compliant
  • - FCC, CE