Info Working pull. Gigabyte AM2+/AM3 combo

[DAPUNISHER]

I'd completely forgotten about the transition period, legacy ports were still being included.

 

[Sgraffite]

All those and no NVME slot?

 

[Iron Woode]

I have a very similar board but I am not sure if it is the same board.

I believe they take DDR2 ram.

 

[mindless1]

All those and no NVME slot?

On a budget mATX board from 2009? Although... somewhere I have an even more budget next-gen version using the lesser 760G chipset instead of 785, Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3.

IIRC it was a dirt cheap build, mobo something like $50 after rebate, that I threw a $35 single core Sempron 140 in, then it unlocked the *hidden* 2nd CPU core. My notes show that I o'c that to 3.71 GHz (13.5 x 275 MHz) @ 1.536 V with a leftover aftermarket heatsink as the stock Sempron sinks were really tiny, but with stock sink meant only for a single core at stock speed, it was something like a 45W TDP CPU before u/l and o'c.

PS2 dual function kbd/mouse port, VGA and DVI integrated video outputs in addition to HDMI. Still had 1x PCI, a parallel printer port header, and IDE but they removed the floppy header at that point. At least it had USB3, and dual bios! I recall one time it was powered on, shows bios scrambled/whatever message and offered to restore from 2nd bios - saved the board, then it didn't happen again.

 

[chetansha]

Still rocking the AM3+ as my stand by Desktop.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Still rocking the AM3+ as my stand by Desktop.

Which CPU? FX?

 

[Mantrid-Drone]

I have a very similar board but I am not sure if it is the same board.

I believe they take DDR2 ram.

It is, as it does have printed on it beneath the PCIx16 slot:-

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-MA785GM-US2H-rev-10

Actually Rev. 1.0 as printed on the bottom left, upside down right at the edge.

Released in 2009 it significantly pre-dates my still working, circa 2012, GA-Z77-DSH.

 

[Iron Woode]

It is, as it does have printed on it beneath the PCIx16 slot:-

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-MA785GM-US2H-rev-10

Actually Rev. 1.0 as printed on the bottom left, upside down right at the edge.

Released in 2009 it significantly pre-dates my still working, circa 2012, GA-Z77-DSH.

I believe my old board is a Gigabyte but I think it is based on a different chipset. Not sure because I haven't seen it in 10 years. I may dig it up soon.

 

[mindless1]

IMO it was an era when board lifespans significantly increased due to phasing out electrolytic caps in some key locations, a trend that had trickled down to median and lower end boards.

By then I was no longer building, only occasionally repairing systems for others so my sample sizes got much smaller, but I'm having a hard time remembering the last motherboard I had, or came to me in a dead system, where the motherboard failed. Everything else since was retired for other reasons.

I've got a circa '09 Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 build in my workshop that has survived two PSU failures and a few upgrades (lol) but keeps on going. Best I can recall that was the last Newegg refurbished board I ever bought and possibly the last Newegg refurbished thing I ever bought.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The combo I posted has 4x1GB DDR2 800.

On mainboard durability: The only retail boards I've had fail since the bad caps era, I was responsible for.

 

[chetansha]

Which CPU? FX?

AMD Phenom II B57 - dual core, unlocked 4 cores.

 

[Bryo4321]

I have a lga 775 board with floppy, ide and sata. For dual booting 98/xp it’s great as a retro rig.