Well this was the first time I had actually handled
a Micro-ATX board. Nevertheless it's no different to installing an
ATX board; it might feel a bit awkward though. Opening the box you're
offered with the standard items that are offered with any mainboard
today. 1 Floppy drive cable, 1 ATA/66 IDE cable, user manual and a
software CD.
Since the board includes only 2 PCI slots and one
AGP slot, I installed an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX, Monster MX400 and a
NIC card. As for the physical installation process of the board, it
was completely hassle free right throughout. The board does not need
any jumper configurations either, which makes this task even simpler.
As for the software bundle, the board comes with one CD containing
the VIA 4-in-1 driver pack (v5.2), drivers for the integrated AC"97
sound-card and some handy utilities such as GAMUT (An Audio rack program),
Media Ring, PC-CILLIN and Super Voice. Well that's all about the bundle,
so after a quick installation of the required drivers I went on to
see how this baby works.
