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