WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:09.120 So, this is a pretty cool product. Today, we're going to be having a look at a very, very small motherboard. This 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.960 is an ASUS AT3N7A-I. 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:14.320 And what it is is, well, why don't we just start by reading off the front of 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:18.800 the box. It is Windows 7 ready. It features the Intel Atom processor, and 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:23.920 it has the NVIDIA ION chipset. So, that means that it has full HD 1080p support, 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:28.000 which is accelerated by the ION chipset because the Atom is not powerful enough 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:31.519 for that. It also features Bluetooth. something about perfectly suit your 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:36.719 digital lifestyle. And let's see, this features ah it has the ion 330. So this 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:40.719 is the dual core uh atom. Sorry, ion 330. It is the dual core atom, which is 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:44.480 the one that it seems most people are more interested in. So the first thing 00:00:42.559 --> 00:00:49.920 we find inside is a motherboard user guide with the ion support DVD rev 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:54.800 whatever uh DVD inside. Uh don't use that. Download the latest drivers and 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.559 utilities off asuse.com. Here is the IO 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:01.199 shield and there's a funny label here. So that's the Bluetooth uh logo right 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.040 there. So we'll see exactly how they've gone and implemented Bluetooth on this 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:11.119 particular motherboard. It includes two SATA cables and that is pretty much it. 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:13.280 Now this is one tiny board. I love ITX 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:17.600 boards. I think they're just hilarious, you know, cuz they're so small and yet 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:22.560 they feature, you know, really most of the same functionality of a larger PC. 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:27.360 Okay, so here's what we've got. Why don't we actually start with just the 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:30.560 basic feature set? So, we've got support 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:33.600 for DDR2 RAM. Okay. And you can support 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:36.000 I believe it's up to I better make sure 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:40.000 before I say anything stupid, but I believe it should support up to 4 gigs 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:43.840 of RAM. Okay. Don't quote me on that one. I think it's up to 4 gigs of RAM. 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:48.079 Okay. And then we've got a couple of fan headers uh spread out around the board. 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:51.520 We've got one, two, three, including the one that the little tiny CPU fan is 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:57.200 attached to. So, you can see this probably doesn't give off a whole lot of heat. Our power connectors are in their 00:01:55.119 --> 00:02:02.479 ideal locations with the four pin up at the top left. You definitely don't need 00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:04.960 an 8 pin for this guy and then with a 24 00:02:02.479 --> 00:02:08.479 pin over over here on the right hand edge. In terms of SATA connectors, now 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:12.160 this is something I'm a little bit disappointed in. It's only three SATA 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:17.200 connectors. So, they're using one of the SATA um one of the SATA connections from 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:21.760 the chipset for ESATA, but I'd really like to see more ITX boards with between 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:27.120 four and six connectors because otherwise they'd be great for use as 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:30.400 like a home server or as a storage server because they don't use up a whole 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.720 lot of power and they're plenty fast enough for just storing data on them. 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:39.680 You've got one PCI slot, so that allows you to add whatever it is you need one 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:43.599 of. And you have one USB header here. So, that would be for your front USB on 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:48.160 your case or for a card reader or for whatever else. Okay. One one little 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:52.239 little niggle I've got here is I hate little tiny fans. I would have rather 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:55.599 they put a bigger heat sink on it or put like a wider heat sink on it so that 00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:59.599 they could put a larger fan because these little fans tend to be the first 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:03.440 thing that dies on anything that they're attached to. So, let's have a look at 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:08.080 the back of the board. So, you got kind of a black brown sort of PCB. You can 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:13.040 see almost all of the traces lead back to that chipset right there, which is 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:16.800 the Atom and the Wait, what? Hold on a 00:03:13.040 --> 00:03:18.720 minute. Just a moment. Huh. No, I think 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:22.560 the Atom's actually here. I believe that's actually the North Bridge, 00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:26.319 although I'm just guessing right now. So, why don't we just move on? Yeah, 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:30.879 there we go. Okay, so let's have a look at the IO on the back. So, we start with 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:34.400 a standard PS2 keyboard port. Then we have eight USB ports. And given that 00:03:32.959 --> 00:03:38.400 something like this would typically be deployed in somewhere where you're uh 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:41.120 you're not going to be plugging in a whole lot to the front. You're just 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.519 going to put it somewhere, tuck it away, lots of USB ports is very optimal. We've 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:50.000 got an HDMI port. Then we have two digital audio ports which makes it very 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:52.640 well suited for something like uh like a home theater sort of box where all 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:58.000 you're really doing is playing back media. You got VGA just to complete the 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:02.799 uh the output options. Right there you have one ESATA. This is your Bluetooth 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:06.400 adapter, which I believe is probably just plugged into Okay, it wouldn't 00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:10.319 surprise me if this is just something that's plugged into like a USB port or 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:13.920 something. Or maybe it's Oh, you know what? I bet it's running off what would 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:18.239 have been your other USB header. Okay, so then we've got gigabit Ethernet and 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:22.120 7.1 audio. Thank you for checking out my quick unboxing of the AT3N7A-I.