The H67H2-M Black motherboard from ECS is shipped inside a small size cardboard box, with a lot of logos and other drawings all over; on the front we can see several pictograms representing the main product features, along with some included applications:
On one of the sides, we can see a small white sticker with the product serial numbers and onboard components:
On the bottom side, we can find some more information regarding the motherboard and its components, in multiple languages:
The interior of the box is split in two layers: the top layer holds the documentation, accessories and on the bottom one we can find the board itself:
Besides the User's Guide, we can also find in the box a general assembly manual that shows us how to set up a computer in small steps, two SATA cables and one eSATA bracket, along with the I/O shield (the retail package should also contain a CD with drivers and applications):
The motherboard does also come with plastic protective covers, that can be installed on the unused connectors, to avoid dust accumulation inside them and inside the case:
The product is wrapped inside an anti-static bag:
Even if this motherboard has a small form factor, ECS did not omit to introduce some of the features like USB 3.0 or a solid and cool looking cooling system; the board comes only with a PCI-Express x16 2.0 slot, two PCI-Express x1 slots and one PCI:
On the left side of the PCB, we can find two Realtek Gigabit LAN controllers (one which can be found under the VRM heatsink):
The EtronTech USB 3.0 controller is also found on the left side of the board:
This motherboard comes with an 8-channel audio solution, powered by the Realtek ALC892 CODEC:
The ITE IT8893 PCI Bridge, supports the bottom PCI expansion slot; the inclusion of this slot is very welcome because there are many of us with good sound cards or other devices that are using the old PCI interface:
Near the status-code LCD display, we can find the ITE SuperIO Sensor:
On the bottom, we can find lots of other headers/connectors or buttons (from left to right):
-Front Panel audio header
-SPDIF-out header
-System Fan connector
-Clear CMOS jumper
-Trusted Platform Module header
-ME unlock header
-Case Open header
-Front Panel USB headers (F_USB1 Gray one is for EZ Charger)
-Power and Reset buttons
-Front Panel Switch/LED header