The Boards
Epox 8K7A+
Board Revision: 1.0
BIOS Version: 06/06/2001
The Epox motherboard is called EP-8K7A+ and comes with a huge feature list: Besides the six PCI slots, this board features an ATA-RAID chip from HighPoint (HPT370A), an integrated debug module with LED display, an AC97 sound system with three line-ins, three fan headers, two DIMM slots for DDR modules and several jumpers. JP3 can be used to alter the DIMM voltage, JP2 allows you to raise the CPU voltage - both in 0.1 V increments. There are also some DIP switches to choose a multiplier. Also, you can set the FSB speed range to 100-132 or 133-166 MHz by setting JCLK1. This particular setting has to be made in the BIOS.
The motherboard supports a total of four USB ports. Unfortunately, there is no cable included to make use of ports 3 & 4.
As you can see on this picture, Epox put some voltage regulators on the back side of the motherboard. Thanks to this, the basic design is quite clean.
Finally, the stability of this motherboard is excellent, making it quite a good choice for users with high expectations of their hardware.
