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Microsoft Small Business Program??

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Eric Chavez2 Eric Chavez2 NewcomerOP
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#1 ·
Hey everyone... I was wondering if my motherboard, which is this ASUS B85M-K (Rev2.0) http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=5013#ov
, actually supports the Microsoft Small Business Program?

Here’s what I'm running at the moment:
Intel i7 4770K
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
SSD: Samsung EVO840
GPU: Intel HD Graphics

I reached out to ASUS Support, and they told me it doesn't support it—apparently, only the 1.0 or 1.1 revisions do.

But then I was digging around on Google, and it seems like the Intel B85 chipset should support the Microsoft Small Business Program by default.
So, what do you guys think?
darkowl72 darkowl72 Regular
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joined Oct 2015
#2 ·
Gigabyte support is pretty solid; they actually seem to know what they're doing when it comes to their motherboard designs. 😬 On their site, under the SBA section, they only mention the B75 chipset. My guess? Intel probably demanded extra royalties to enable it on the B85 chipset, and Gigabyte decided it wasn't worth paying twice...

The B85 might be technically capable of SBA by default, but since SBA is an all-Intel ecosystem—Intel's processor, Intel's chipset, and Intel's software—they likely just denied software support for the B85. Now, whether some random dev has written their own support for that chipset is a different story entirely. You’d have better luck asking Intel directly, because I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Gigabyte to provide it...

http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/308/images/sba.html
http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/30...es/models.html

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