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Asus M2A-VM Desktop Motherboard - AMD 690G Chipset - Socket AM2 PGA-9401 x Processor Support - 8 GB - Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 ATA-7 - Onboard Video - 1 x PCIe x16 Slot - MPN: M2AVM See Product Details
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Items In Motherboards You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of Asus M2A-VM Desktop Motherboard - AMD 690G Chipset - Socket AM2 PGA-940Description The M2A-VM Desktop Board supports AMD socket AM2 single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64 FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache, which is based on 64-bit architecture. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology. Quick Glance Supported Processor: Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Sempron Interface Connection: Parallel Port Yes, Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, VGA Yes, DVI Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes System Board Style: Micro ATX (mATX) Processor Socket: Socket AM2 PGA-940 System Chipset: AMD 690G Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM Summary Product Title: Asus M2A-VM Desktop Motherboard - AMD 690G Chipset - Socket AM2 PGA-940 Manufacturer: Asus Power Score: 3.8 | 11 Reviews CPU + Northbridge Support Supported Processor: Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Sempron Processor Socket: Socket AM2 PGA-940 System Chipset: AMD 690G Maximum Number of Processors: 1 Bus Speed: 1000 MHz Memory Support Number of Memory Slots: 4 Max System Memory: 8 GB Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM Connectors Interface Connection: Parallel Port Yes, Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, VGA Yes, DVI Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes On-Board Headers: Onboard Audio Header Yes, Onboard S/PDIF Header Yes Number of IDE Headers: 1 Number of Serial ATA Headers / Ports: 4 Number of Fan Connectors: 3 Number of PCI Slots: 2 Number of PCI-Express x1 Slots: 1 Number of PCI-Express x16 Slots: 1 Additional Features Controller Type: Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7) Video Bus: PCI Express x16 On Board Video Chipset: ATI Radeon X1250 Network Interfaces Included: Ethernet (10 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) Yes Audio Codec: Realtek ALC883 Supported Audio Channels: 5.1 Channels Physical Specifications System Board Style: Micro ATX (mATX) Width: 9.60 in Depth: 9 in Warranty Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited More Info URL: Manufacturer Link Additional Specifications Frequency Band: Support CD: Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS LiveUpdate Utility Anti -virus software(OEM version) BIOS: 8Mb Flash ROM Award BIOS PnP DMI2.0 WfM2.0 SMBIOS 2.3 Special Features: ASUS MyLogo2 ASUS CrashFreeBIOS3 ASUS EZ Flash2 ASUS Q-Fan ASUS O.C Profile ASUS Music Alarm Overclocking Features: SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) from 200MHz to 400MHz at 1MHz increment Adjustable CPU Voltage at 0.0125V increment ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) Internal Interfaces: 3 x USB Header Processor Technology: HyperTransport Technology Graphics Controller Memory: 1 GB IDE Controller: Yes Floppy Controller: Yes SATA Controller: Yes Onboard Video: Yes Number of Total Expansion Slots: 4 Network (RJ-45): Yes Audio Line In: Yes Audio Line Out: Yes Parallel Port: Yes Number of DVI Output: 1 Microphone Port: Yes Total Number of USB Ports: 4 Number of USB 2.0 Ports: 4 Total Number of Onboard USB Ports: 3 Onboard LEDs Header: Yes Onboard Audio Header: Yes Onboard S/PDIF Header: Yes Total Number of PCI Express Slots: 2 Reviews on Asus M2A-VM Desktop Motherboard - AMD 690G Chipset - Socket AM2 PGA-940
By anonymous - Feb 10, 2008
Nice board, but very finicky about memory.Strengths: great ati onboard graphics, good pricepoint, dvi, and asus reliability and feature richness. Weakness: Very finicky about memory. Using Crucial ddr2 667, board took 3-4 tries to boot. After researching, I found that increasing memory voltage from 1.8 to 2.0 fixed this. (1.9 did not fix it.) After increasing memory voltage, this board has started flawlessly every time. 2D Graphics are good, board seems plenty fast with athlon 64x2 4800. With bios AMD cool-n-quiet enabled, this is the quietest pc I have (using antec nsk 1300). I'm running Mandriva 2008 64bit linux on this, and it seems to work very well. Early on it seemed like USB flash drive data tranfers were occassionaly very...
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TSDagger
- Dec 20, 2007
Great motherboard for the priceStrengths: Small, but great features. one of only a few MicroATX boards I have seen with 8 gigs of memory available Weakness: only 1 IDE port and no firewire. Installing this board was easy, instruction manual was very clear. No troubles with stability as is typical with ASUS. The limit on 1 IDE port is understandable since SATA is the new standard and there are 4 of these. Also has DVI and VGA ports for video, though I plan on expanding shortly, still works great. Supports digital audio on the front panel. I just wish it had Firewire.
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icery
- Jul 28, 2007
Excellent MOBOStrengths: DVI interface. 4 USB prots or more. 4 RAM slots. Onboard graphic card is good. Weakness: The rear I/O panel is too thin. Only one IDE. For the price, it is an excellent board. I am using windows XP, amd X2 4600+ and 4G RAM. The system runs very well. So far, no driver problem. I'd like to try this AMD 690G chipset again. It should provide a good support to AMD CPUs.
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serguzest
- May 27, 2007
Nice motherboard, but has some bugsStrengths: Cheap On-board DVI, sound, network. Voltage control and some overclocking options Weakness: Cool'n Quiet doesn't work properly (as of 06/01 bios). I made a lot of research on 690g motherboards and finally decided on this one. You can adjust cpu, memory, northbridge voltages (including undervolting the CPU to 0.8V). You can also adjust CPU FSB (200 to 400) and memory speeds (DDR400 to DDR800). No memory timing adjustments are possible. The only thing that bugs me about this board is that Cool'n Quiet does not work properly. Multiplier can be...
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tiolu
- Jun 17, 2007
ASUS M2A-VM MotherboardStrengths: 4 DDR2 RAM slots, On-board DVI, gigabit LAN, high definition sound,overclocking bios utilities, ASUS reliability, ATI Radeon X1250 graphics, 4 SATA ports w/ RAID 0 and 1, ASUS Q-Fan Weakness: Would not recommend dual channel, only one IDE channel We considered a lot of other motherboards before finally choosing this one. One of the main reasons why we chose the ASUS M2A-VM is because it supports Socket AM2 Dual-Core. Another one of the reasons why we selected this motherboard was because it has ATI Radeon X1250 graphics that can go up to 256MB graphics ram, taking 128 from your ram. A big feature on this motherboard is the support for 8GB...
By anonymous - Aug 26, 2007
BIOS chip loses its mindStrengths: Everything, until it loses the BIOS. Weakness: BIOS lost after about 6 restarts on 2 different boards. First board with XP64, and the second with XP32. I didn't take any chances on the second board and immediately updated the BIOS upon arrival. Built a goodly number of systems and support a fleet of laptops for my work, and this is the first time I have encountered such a faulty BIOS chip. AMD and Asus really dropped the ball on this one. I am returning it for a refund since I have obtained a board locally that appears to work without BIOS issues.
By anonymous - Dec 8, 2008
not banking on 3rd times a charmStrengths: Fits perfect in cube cases Weakness: not working 1st board worked until windows was installed then had a hard time posting or the video would just go off. 2nd board worked for 1 day and then would not post. Latest BIOS semas to make things worse.
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spsciontc
- Nov 28, 2007
Excellent motherboardStrengths: Stable, great features, value Weakness: none This is a great motherboard with rock solid stability. Plenty of USB connections. Good on-board video, capable of HD playback. Also has pci express slot to add a video card if you like. Great performance and the chipset is very cool and uses very little power. Highly recommended.
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DMum
- Aug 29, 2007
Pretty good, Inexpensive BoardStrengths: Decent Built in graphics Gigabit LAN Weakness: Only one IDE connector This is the 2nd of these boards I have installed and it installed without a hitch. 2GB pqi Dual channel DDR2 runs great. The BIOS was easily upgraded in Windows, although I did need to manually download the newest BIOS manually. I have had a few times that it does not recognize the boot drive (IDE) and I need to reboot until it does. (I am not sure it is the board.) It has always eventually...
testseek.com - Oct 27, 2008
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Great for overclocking
Strengths: This runs the 5000+ Black Edition processor with water cooling at a stable overclock of 3.3Ghz. The ability to run multiple monitors (with ATI cards only I believe) is a plus for multimedia applications.
Weakness: This board is mATX and only has 2 PCI slots (instead of 3) which makes its utility as a storage server less then ideal, but this is a give
Overview The motherboard installed without incident and I had no problems at all with anything. This runs the 5000+ Black Edition processor with water cooling at a stable overclock of 3.3Ghz. The ability to run multiple monitors (with ATI cards only I believe) is a plus for multimedia applications. Good The onboard video is quite good, which allows this machine to be used primarely as a gaming...
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