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EVGA 121-BL-E756-TR Micro SLI X58 Mainboard | 
| Brand: EVGA
Category: CE
List Price: $236.99
Buy New: $199.99
as of 9/9/2010 14:24 CDT details
You Save: $37.00 (16%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  2 reviews
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: N/A
Processors: 0
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 9.6 x 9.6
nv:Processor Socket: Intel
Processor Interface: LGA1366
Form Factor: µATX
Processors Supported: Intel Core i7
Processors Supported: Intel Core i7 Extreme
Additional Technologies: HyperThreading Technology
Additional Technologies: SLI Ready
Additional Technologies: Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Multi-GPU Support: SLI Ready
Front Side Bus: up to 6.4 GT/s
Northbridge: Intel X58
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Supported: 1066MHz DDR3
Memory Supported: 1333MHz DDR3
Memory Supported: 1600MHz DDR3
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: 121-BL-E756-TR
Model: 121-BL-E756-TR
UPC: 843368010799
EAN: 0843368010799
ASIN: B002F9N69Q
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | mATX form factor | | • | Triple Channel DDR3 | | • | LED shows CPU temperature | | • | 8 Channel audio | | • | Onboard power and reset buttons |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
X58 Micro ATX 3-way SLI MB
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bad motherboard for PXE booting August 14, 2010
John Stewart (Mountain View, CA, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The major issue I have with this board is the PXE booting experience. The system I was installing this in did not have a CD drive (I have network/cloud storage I wish to use exclusively), so I intended to PXE boot to install Windows to build an HTPC. By default PXE booting is disabled, but it presents a LAN boot option which would at first glance appear to be PXE boot. As far as I can tell that option does nothing. You have to enable PXE booting in the BIOS before getting the _real_ PXE boot option. As a bonus, for someone trying to install Windows over a network, Windows PE does not have drivers for the particular chipset used for the onboard ethernet adapter. I won't count this against EVGA, that could just as well be Microsoft's fault. What I do fault EVGA for is that the link to the drivers on their web site is broken, forcing me to dig out the CD from the packaging (if I wanted to still be using CDs I wouldn't need to PXE boot to begin with!).
When I finally had that done, a new issue appeared: as soon as I tried to PXE boot again with the new image, the ethernet adapter would appear to die the exact moment it tried to issue the DHCP request. No more data coming over the line, with the connectivity LED, and the laptop to which it was connected, showing the cable to be disconnected. This happened repeatedly on every boot until eventually it stopped booting. The power switch was still having an effect, with the troubleshooting LED lights showing that it switched the DIMMs on and off, but it would not start the boot process, no POST or anything. About 10 minutes later that started arbitrarily working again, and the PXE boot proceeded correctly.
There are also a couple features of this board that just reflect poor attention to detail. If you don't have a USB or PS2 keyboard attached it will halt the boot until you press F1 (except you don't have a keyboard to press F1 with!). You can enable keyboardless boot in the BIOS, but there is no reason that is not the default. You also only have two seconds to press F12 to proceed with a network boot after acquiring an IP address. If you don't press it in time it cancels the network boot. It's very easy to miss.
I now have a system that is working so far. But it was very frustrating getting there.
 Stable June 11, 2010
Paulo Waisberg (cleveland, OH USA)
The motherboard is up and running now for 3 months. It is very stable with a quad-pentium under Windows 7. I recomend it.
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