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This idea requires cooperation of the design of the case but why not a motherboard designed to "plug" into a case where the case is designed to provide a standardized interface that supplies all the connections to other internal sources that would normally require individual cables?

Devices in the case would plug into a small pass-through component... The power supply, the hard drives, CD's, speakers, power and reset buttons, and even fans could all be wired internally in the case to a central point. The motherboard them mounts into the case normally with the exception that it "plugs" into the internal cable-interface providing all connections immediately and at one time. This could be done either by 1 short bundle of connections between the motherboard and the interface or by a plug style connector much like how hot swap bays for hard drives work... the motherboard not being hot-swappable of course.

Individual devices could be disconnected by a few different ways if need be. One could be physically disconnected from the internal interface, the device could just be removed, or the case component could have a physical control panel accessible from the outside of the case to flip devices on or of...for troubleshooting... even having an electronic component that if the device is powered on then the off position doesn't have effect until power is off.

This could eliminate case clutter, increase airflow for cooling and of course provide more eye pleasing configurations.
 
documentation in bios about every setting and example settings that hae been tested. like the commodore 64 manual, full of knowledge, well thought out. also translated into 8-10 languages for worldwide support. pci-e daughter board at 90-180 degrees for complete heat management and seperation from other component heat and interference. pci-e riser brackets and extensions from the board like this /*\/*\/*\ so the gpu cards used in sli-crossfire will not use parallel air and thus heat from chipsets. this would require slightly different cases, non standard but a good change. motherboard brackets not with aluminum wings that press against the boar's connections and is quite flimsy, but a slightly thicker one made of plastic and rubber ergo neutral to static and repellant to dust with a nice soft seal around all parts. 90 degree side mounts for the main 22-24-2* power supply connections for cable management. all sata connections on the end near the power pins not under the pci-e gpu ends. internet remote host control of pc even in bios and startup mode so power blips and crashes do not force the user to come on location to reset the probem. in bios, a signature fingerprint to remember the pattern of drives connected when chosen, so that if a usb device is attached for portable storage, the pattern will still choose the normal boot drive and not hang because the boot ids are shifted from the addition. extra holes to allow for foot post support of additional parts on motherboard and plastic pins with ridges you could sand down and count to know the proper height for each different motherboard or a bottom pin for support in each area that is ale to rotate one click at a time to a different millimeter height, and its head being open for a threaded screw. plugging and unplugging components into a motherboard can be very stressful to it and this would safeguard even beginner's from most damage.
 
I would love the the mother board could tell me what stopped it from booting. Maybe a small digital led on the board with a code of some kind. For example. LED reads 001 = CPU isn't responding, or 002 = north bridge over heat. That way when a PC just boots up and dies I know what to start replacing. Make it so you have a code for board is receiving enough power so you don't need to replace the power supply just because the CPU is dead. Should be hard. Thanks.
 
tatalor put his finger on something . mini-itx lets add my idea of powerfull integrated gpu on a mini-itx , making really small form factor hardcore gaming rig.
 
I'd like to see 7.1 surround outputs for a receiver, not those silly mini-DB connectors or optical (MSI did this by including an add-on card with the mobo).
I would also like to see someone take the leap to EFI rather than BIOS.
 
In a motherboard I would like to see:
- BIOS backup
- integrated RAM test from memtest.org (reachable through BIOS menus)
- in BIOS scheduled power-on requests
- operation without any display adapters (without VGA card)
- integrated Flash card connector at IDE/SATA port (for htpc or "embedded" type of purposes)
- at least 6 fan connectors all around the board
- voltage for each fan connectors automaticly or manually regulated (in BIOS)
- another power switch, which supports extension of 1 to 2 meters (for dislocated PC)
- keep display off during POST (make it a setting in BIOS)
- no old type connectors PS2/LPT/COM/IDE/FDD
- integrated audio of distinguished quality trade marks (like Creative)
- integrated WLAN and Bluetooth support
- integrated PC speaker
- dust covers for empty extension slots
- all in-case connectors at suth-east edge and all configuration switches at one place

Thank you for an option to make suggestions.
 
A soundcard that can dedicate windows media center sound output to a seperate channel like the HDMI cord used to send signals to the TV. Windows 7 currently does not offer this feature so the sound has to switched evereytime i want to use my computer as an HTPC.
 
Bios reset button, and or bios jumper reset capability without going into the case. Most likely through the back plate. This will eliminate having to go into the case to short jumper and reset the cmos.
 
Here is what I want in terms of a computer as a whole not just the MB:

MB components designed around efficiency heat rises make the air flow from the bottom of the mb to the top not horizontally (place components accordingly)
Take and turn the processor socket so there is more surface area contact for the processor, do this with the chipset too
Rear heat sink for CPUs and Chipsets (also include full water cooling option that will cool everything chipset, mosfet, memory, back of board, and whatever else, for those areas *use holes in the PCB like daamit and nvidia do*)
At the bottom of the board have a ribbon cable slot to "dual up" motherboards to make multi processor systems easier to make
When board is done with the component install dip the board in sealant so condensation is no longer a factor
Isolate the power supply from the motherboard area
Take the entire legacy BS stuff away (think this was said before)
Side facing connectors (also said already)
Consolidate the connectors, power in one area not all over the board locate them ware the placement of the devices go (also the front ports on cases are located in the front not on the bottom of the case or the back do I have to go farther into this…..)
 
I would like to see the following:
- ability to add your own jpeg image to BIOS for displaying while boot-up
- a motherboard where the memory slots are turned 90% so that air flow
passes more effectivly between the memory SIMMs
- an onboard SD, Compact Flash or other standard flash memory slot for
OS environments
- CPU socket that allows for air-flow through the board where air can be
pulled from underneath and from the back of the motherboard.
- A motherboard with minature fan speed controls located on back I/O
panel
- A motherboard with the main power inputs relocated to left of last
I/O expansion slot to allow better air flow to memory and CPU.
 
A CPU heatsink connector for AMD processors that allows you to put the heatsink wichever way you want it. Also put the ram slots further away so they don't get blocked by the heatsink. A little more room for people that have SLI setups wouldn't hurt either. Remove PS2 ports and replace them with dedicated USB ports for mouse and keyboard. Sata Ports should be parallel to the board and not perpendicular. Bluetooth (wich should be optional) for connectivity to handheld devices.
 
I would like to see an integrated fan controller. I don't need knobs, just a good software controller for both he bios and windows installations. This also means I need more fan power connectors on the mobo. Many custom cases have more than the standard CPU fan + 3 aux fans and powering them through molex or buying a hardware controller is just absurd for 1 or two more fans.
 
To add to my last post, I would alos like to see more simplistic GUIs for mobo software, I really hate the way some of the asus utilities look, I don't need heavy graphic work, I find it distracting and cheap looking.
 
Add a Flash memory chip containing all drivers needed for any operating systems. Think of it like a mini integrated SSD that can be updated as the drivers become available. This will help when installing the OS and not needing to use the generic windows drivers (which suck most of the time).

The Flash chip (a good 16Gb flash) could also be used as a cache for the HDD bottleneck (which I see in all non SSD systems). You get SSD performance without the higher costs of SSD and still get to keep the higher capacity Mechanical HDDs.

I also agree with the idea of power connections being on their side.
That would make for a very presentable cable management setup.

Cheers,

-PM
 
Was a breakaway ATX board mentioned yet?
Almost all standard ATX cases will support a mATX MB.
How about you make it so that a standard ATX MB can breakaway to fit in a mATX case.
 
I suggesting building a motherboard with an onboard router/firewall/wireless LAN chip with full capabilities of SPI accessible via BIOS or Windows. The router/firewall should run as long as it has power even if its not booted up. A PCI slot can be used by owner to connect more wired components.
 
A motherboard with GSM or CDMA slots so that the user can remotely control the PC with sms messages (ex. on/off, reboot, run programm). The PC can also send sms message to the owner.
 
1.) For those who love lighting inside the case, have a few small RGB LED's sprinkled around the mobo, with color/brightness (or off) controlled by the BIOS or a small program that can run from the OS.

2.) Reinforced area around the CPU socket for installing heavier coolers. Feeling the mobo bend/flex when putting in really heavy coolers doesn't instill confidence.

3.) Have onboard flash memory (or maybe special SDHC slot?) for OS installs, BIOS updates, firmware updates, etc.

4.) Add something to the BIOS that tracks either the power level or the approximate age of the BIOS battery.
 
1.) For those who love lighting inside the case, have a few small RGB LED's sprinkled around the mobo, with color/brightness (or off) controlled by the BIOS or a small program that can run from the OS.

2.) Reinforced area around the CPU socket for installing heavier coolers. Feeling the mobo bend/flex when putting in really heavy coolers doesn't instill confidence.

3.) Have onboard flash memory (or maybe special SDHC slot?) for OS installs (and backups), BIOS updates, firmware updates, etc.

4.) Add something to the BIOS that tracks either the power level or the approximate age of the BIOS battery.
 
An option for on-board controllers to overclock storage channels using the PCI-E 3.0 128/130 jumbo frame, or WD's 4K "advanced format", @ 8 Gbps.

TRIM support for SSDs configured in all RAID modes.

Optional banks of SO-DIMM slots for dedicated ramdisks,
powered by the 5 Volt Stand-By current.

BIOS options to load an OS directly into a ramdisk
e.g. when running Windows Setup on computers with lots of RAM:

http://www.supremelaw.org/patents/bios.enhancements/provisional.application.1.htm
http://www.supremelaw.org/patents/bios.enhancements/provisional.application.2.htm


MRFS
 
p.s. almost forgot: my favorite computer upgrade:

4-channel access to 4 DIMM slots (obviously requires
a 4-channel memory controller integrated into the CPU:
please tell AMD, because Intel is not planning this
for their next desktop chipsets).

Thanks!


MRFS
 
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