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AthlonMB has posted their review of the micro-ATX motherboard from Gigabyte, the GA-7ZM.

There are two IDE ports, both of which are ATA66 compatible, and the primary chain is coded blue for ease during installation. On the opposite side of the motherboard lies the on-board audio and the expansion ports. The 7ZM includes 3 PCI slots, one of which is a shared slots with an AMR slot. One AGP slot is included on the board, and it is a universal slot, not keyed for 4x AGP cards. A note on the AGP port is the addition of the retention clip. Using this clip you can prevent the common pop-out of AGP video cards. There was one complaint from the techs here though: the retention clip makes the bottom snap-in part of the memory modules difficult to push in. You have to move the retention clip out of the way before you can fit your fingers under the memory clips.
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