Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2
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Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2
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I Have The Ga-7n400 Pro2 Motherbord For 7 Years An
I have the GA-7n400 pro2 motherbord for 7 years and is the best motherboard for my AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton cpu. I even done some overclocking bring my cpu to 3200 MHz with 2GB kingston memory kit and a Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro graphycs all this in a custom ventilated case an powerd up by a RaidMax rx520W powersuply and it was great at every thing: games, movies, iven on some CAD programs. Cpu temp in 100% load was 56 degres C (using a cooper base coler from Spire) the internal case temp was around 38 degres. I manage to break the motherboard after 7 years and that because I overclockt it to max( v core overvoltage setings were to hight)in rest it was the best motherboard for AMD Athlon XP cpu's ever
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As You Said Great To Set Up, Good Board.
As you said great to set up, good board.All told once its in an you go surfing it's very fast. However, every time I try to burn it crashes an printing is same. Therefore I do not recommend Gigabyte motherboard...
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The Gigabyte Ga-7n400 Pro 2 Is Ok For A Start Up
The Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 is ok for a start up board
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The Gigabyte Ga-7n400 Pro 2 Is An Excellent Mother
The Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 is an excellent motherboard. It is very reliable. I have 2 and they are both superb!
I have had slight problems with running 3Gb memory.
I read mushymarlil's comment. And don't know how mushymarlil manged to run full memory. Is it 3200, 400 or running at 333?
I did have to update my bios to get it to recognise the full 4GB and it was running at ddr400 (pc3200) but since then I have made a few changed. Im not only running 1GB in dual channel (pc3200 timmings at 2-2-5-2) on a 1:1 ration with my cpu which is running at xp3200 2.2Ghz 400Hmz fsb and I've changed my graphics card to a gainward geforce 6800gs/xt "GLH" edition.
If you are having problems getting your ram to run at 3200 speed (400Mhz) first make sure it is spec'd to run at that speed. and you can also have a look in the advanced settings in the bios. Just enter the bios as usual (hit del) then on the main bios screen press Ctrl+F1 and you should get more advanced options in the bios and there will be more options that now show up in the sub menu's good luck
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All Things Considered, You Can't Go Wrong. However
All things considered, You can't go wrong. However, this is a "techies" board - It took a little tweaking to slow it down to spec.
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I Built My Computer With 2500+ Barton Core, 1gb Du
I built my computer with 2500+ Barton core, 1GB Dual channel Kingston 2700, ATI AIW9000, NECDVDburner, BENQ lightscribe (new), 5 drives (200GB SATA-Maxtor, 120GB SATA-WDC, 2-120GB MAXTOR-133, 120GB-WDC), generic case with (5) 80mm fans (top,side,front,back).
I make lots of DVD movies for my family and I used many types of software: Pinnacle studio 9, Premier 1.5 pro, DVDlab pro, TMPEG authoring 1.5, Jasc photos. Although there are many problems with these software listed which cause computer to hang in their forums, but my computer never hangs.
OVERCLOCKING OR NOT on this board,
Using DVDLAB 1.5 PRO to compile 1.82GB dvd with motion menu and chapters:
1. FSB=166, everything else is normal, RAM setting @ 6-2-2-3 = 5:46 sec total
2. FSB=182, everything else is normal, RAM setting @ 6-2-2-3 = Blue screen oD
3. FSB=182, V-CPU +5%, DIMM +.2V setting @8-3-3-3 = 6:05 sec total
4. FSB=190, V-CPU +5%, DIMM +.2V setting @8-3-3-3 = 5:57 sec total
5. FSB=190, V-CPU +5%, DIMM +.2V setting @8-4-4-3 = 6:16 sec total
So, to get the myth of overclocking out of the way, the setting of the SDRAM is the most important. I do DVD rendering, therefore setting #1 is great for me, I don't put stress on my CPU or my mother board. The CPU temp = 50C when the system = 34C, overclocked to 190 CPU temp =62C. Make your choice.
Cheers,
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The Gigabyte Ga-7n400 Pro 2 Is A Great Motherboard
The Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 is a great motherboard, and supports almost everything you need in a motherboard - Sata Raid Gigabit Lan, 5.1 surround sound. What more can you ask for? Even after 1 year I can say that I have a good spec computer, unlike other motherboards on the market.
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In Review I Would Say The Gigabyte Ga-7n400 Pro 2
In review I would say the Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 board is nice for LOW end systems that want to support higher end equipment.
The capacitor problem is not all gigabytes fault, but the fact that so many have faild in the past, that I do not recommend these boards to anyone. Currently I recomendation on motherboards would be ASUS or their lower end AS-Rock. -Jedi
I was affected by the capacitor plague(google, there is also a forum) mid 2018 with both of my MOBOs. GA-7N400 Pro 2 and Asrock Alive Dual eSata 2. Asrock is an SSE2(newer quicker) GA a SSE-processor MOBO. i used both over a long period of time. left GA alone for some time and all of a sudden in June 2018 i couldnt boot anymore the Asrock so was the GA. it started with a defective PSU and a lot of troubles which i described in a very long message in sysopt-forum juni 2018. i examined everything. i could revive both MOBO. where needed i replaced it. also resoldering where possible all soldering points. at the moment i am running a halfdefective GA-7N400 Pro2. a) pci-slots are dead b) First memory slot: dead. have only 2gb ram now. had browser-crashes all the time. since i used new memory and still memtest showed errors it was clear. nb: memtest can be unreliable showing ok but memory maybe be defective. best would be replacing all capacitors. PSU-switch must be on all the time otherwise cmos-data get lost. capacitor to help holding seems defective.
its very complicated to understand my thread- Capacitor maybe be dead or malfunctioning after 5k and not 10k-hours.
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I Have Had This Gigabyte Ga-7n400 Pro 2 Motherboar
I have had this Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 Motherboard for about 2 years now and I'm running an AMD ATHLON XP 2800+ the processor stays at about 45-50deg.c when on 100%load and the same when idle, 25-30deg.c when on standby and the case temperature is round about 20-25deg.c i have an ATI RADEON 9800 ALL IN WONDER PRO and because all the exhaust fans are above the card it tends to get quite hot but i'll change that with a new cooler for my card, I have coolers on my 2 stripped RAID HDD's they run perfectly with no errors at all - the motherboard itself gets to about 35-40deg.c which when considering my case temperature, is very hot, most boards run just above ambient temperature so i'll see about getting a heatsink with a fan on for my board (its the standard heatsink at present). When I first set my PC up I found it really easy to do, didn't find any problems and some people say that when updating the dual bios it wipes both bios for some reason - mine only updates one bios and leaves the other bios as standard but I have a backup of both bios just in case. I bought this board for around £65 and I use my system intensively sometimes being on and at 100% load for often up to 7 days at a time, I play a lot of games and do quite a bit of video editing, this board is by far the best I have found. I also have 4GB of dual channel PC3200 RAM 1GB on each slot and I have had no problem with that either, the only fault I can find with this otherwise perfect board is that some of the slots are difficult to get to when the pc is set up, meaning if I want to take anything out i have to unplug several things to get to the one I want - but in my books that's not a problem that would make me change my board. The software I cant find a fault with apart from when windows tried to update my sound card driver (on board, as standard) - It does not do it properly and I have to install from the cd again but even the standard sound card drivers I have no problem with - all round a great board.
I have updated my bios. This might have helped. I'm not sure what I did to be honest, but I'm still running the Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 motherboard with no problems. It did have problems when I put RAM sticks into the purple slots. They worked fine in the orange slots, but was temporary in the other set; not sure why. But I'm only running 1Gb of RAM now. 2 x 512mb Corsair xXMS PC 3200 (400Mhz 2-2-5-2 timings) at 2.7v I believe.
You must have been very lucky getting all 4 slots to work, as it only recommends you use 3Gb max of memory with the Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2, but in actual fact, it only allows 1.5Gb, or it lowers from 400 to 333 as it will not boot (got this from Gigabyte). Also, in dual channel, the max that can be used is therefore 2 x 512, as using more memory actually slows it down.
Let's know how you managed it Mushi, as I want to do it to mine.
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I Know There Are Many Factors To Consider For A Sm
I know there are many factors to consider for a smooth, cool running computer. The Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 for me, was a great motherboard, but short lived. My 1995 Compaq Tower lasted 8 years, but it was never as stable as the Pro 2.
Forgive me, but I do wonder if many are putting blame on the hardware when in fact they are overlooking proper installation habits. Reading the instructions carefully, and installing the hardware or software with patience, is a must to avoid instability.
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