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prodeous
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by prodeous » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:37 pm
Doing a quick look for available AM2 m-ITX boards in europe on one of the sites i found a normal MSI m-ITX AMD board.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func ... cat_no=388#
OVerall there is nothing wrong with this board.
after looking at other MSI AM2 m-ITX boards (there were 2 in total) i found something interesting in the picture for the board below. Can this board even operate? Or maybe they placed a prototype board picture instead.
Can you see whats wrong?
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func ... cat_no=388#
Now if this board actualy works the way it is pictured, this would definitely be one of the first boards of its type.
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Nick Geraedts
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by Nick Geraedts » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:14 pm
Umm.... yea.... I see the problem. Very very strange... haha

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by frenchie » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:27 pm
I'm no motherboard maniac but I think I found the problem

It is strange.... even stranger comming from the manufacturer's website !!!
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Modo
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by Modo » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:41 pm
Maybe it gets enough power from the one connector?
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by nutball » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:52 am
Modo wrote:Maybe it gets enough power from the one connector?
Well the specs says it has "ATX 20+4 pin"

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by frenchie » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:58 am
maybe it's under the board ?
just kidding

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by psiu » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:47 am
besides the power...is that even a normal layout? the back port arrangement looks...off.
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by Gojira-X » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:53 am
Somebody should buy the MSI AM-690E motherboard and take pictures of the motherboard and accessories.
i think that beige connector between the Serial/VGA, the CMOS battery and the Northbridge is a weird cut down power connector designed for small factor servers.
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by prodeous » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:02 am
@psiu
that board is designed for industrial computing. Not really for desktops.
@Gojira-x
The first link shows a regular one. But you might be right. However it would be odd for them to include the 12V plug then
But in general i think their text under the picture sais it all
"The product picture may differ from the actual product.
Only for your reference."