Hello all,

I'm looking for an up-to-date Motherboard (CPU Intel?) with
- 2 * PCI-E x 16
- 2-3 PCI
- serial + parallel port

I prefer ASUS und GIGABYTE.
The GA-8AENXP Dual Graphic from GIGABYTE is my only "discovery"
up to now.
Unfortuantely it's not possible to search at the manufacturers accurately.

Thanks for any hint
tftfan

You could always get an add in board for parallel port and serial port.
Most boards have a SerialPort/COM1 dongle for the PCI expansion brackets. There are also USB adapters for both.

Pick the board you like, buy adapter, live happilly until next upgrade, take adapter with you to the next build.

Hello Andrius,

my problem is that I need the PCI-Slots for other cards.
"Most boards..." - and which ones?
"USB adapters for both" - yep, when it works...


Thanks so far
tftfan

Do you really need 2x x16 PCI-e , or will 2x x8 work? If so, check out the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P V2.0 if you can find one. There are headers for serial and parallel ports on the MB, so all you need are standard cable connectors to have the ports up and running.

PS - I may be wrong on this model -- it probably has 1x x16 and 1x x4 PCI-e slots.

The board you are looking at from Gigabyte is a dinosaur.
It's 4-5 generations back (first DDR2 boards).

How many cards do you need ?

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Product [...] GA-X38-DS4

2x classic PCI and

what you are looking for are these two lines :

Internal I/O Connectors frame
18. 1 x parallel port header
20. 1 x serial port header

And these :
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Product [...] uctID=2736
LPT S/N:12CF1-1LP001-01R LPT port cable
COM S/N:12CF1-1CM001-31 COM Port Cable(31cm)

And a case that has cutouts/extra PCI expansion brackets (some cases have 10 expansion brackets)

From what I've seen all X38/X48 boards have these options. But you have to custom order the cables.

Yes. You are right. It has 16x/4x.
I have a GA-P35-DS3P revision 1.0, it has both connectors on the back panel IO,
I also did not need 2 16x PCI-Express slots. Revision 1.1 is the same.
However revisons 2.0 and 2.1 DO NOT HAVE LPT/COM on the back panel.

I work with embedded hardware so both ports are a must have and I didn't want PCI expansion cards.

@OP: Why do you need serial + parallel port? Unless you are doing some hardware type programing (ie PIC programing,etc) why do you use a Parallel/Serial port?

That's exactly why I picked the GA-P35-DS3P over P5K-E/WIFI.
A wifi card was cheaper than an LPT expansion card.

I think the EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW may supply all ur MoBo requirements, minus (of course) the serial + parallel port. Just get an add board for that stuff, as Andrius tell us up there.

Check this link 2 make sure it will have what u're needing:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/mainboard/525/2/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813186116
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813135022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813186119
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157122

A nice list.
I think you missed the 2 16x PCI Express expansion slot request from the OP.
The GA-P35-DS3P rev 1.x also has both but not the 2 16x PCI-Ex slots.

Ya but these boards are dual card capable: says the specs. Most the boards I seen are 2x 16 are PCIe 2.0 and dont have parallel or serial. you cant have your cake and eat it to.

All GIGABYTE X38/X48 DDR2 boards have onboard headers for LPT/COM. You just have to order the cables specificly. Or get one made for their pinouts! At least they provide those.

It's a shame really as COM still is an industry standard. Everything has a COM interface on the PCB for debugging even the WD MyBook World Edition network drives and ASUS WL-500G Premium routers.