Package and Accessories

Of course, the front of Foxconn A7DA 3.0 package is decorated with numerous logotypes, which make the mainboard model name somewhat lost:

The box is pretty much of the same length and width as the boxes for other mainboards, however, it is extremely thin: it is nearly half the size of a regular box. It could be partially explained by a very modest set of accessories included with the board, but many other boards out there with just as few accessories are nevertheless shipped in standard size boxes. Inside the box you find the following items:

• Black FDD and PATA cables with silver Foxconn logos;
• A pair of Serial ATA cables and two power-adapters for SATA devices;
• I/O Shield for the back panel;
• Large colorful poster with brief assembly instructions in several languages;
• User manual;
• DVD disk with software and drivers.

Besides the drivers and almost mandatory Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft DirectX9.0c, the DVD-disk contains a 60-day trial version of Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008, and a number of Foxconn’s brand name utilities:

• FOX DMI;
• FOX Energy management;
• FOX LiveUpdate;
• FOX LOGO;
• FOX ONE.

The back side of the box contains brief information on the mainboard’s features and functionality in several different languages.