A Closer Look At The Boards' Components

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1:05 PM - 04/30/2001 by Frank Völkel
Manufacturer Aopen Aopen Asus Chaintech DFI
Model AX37 Plus AX37 Pro CUV266 CT-6VJD CD70-SC
Platform Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370
Northbridge VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266)
Southbridge VT8233 VT8233 VT8233 VT8233 VT8233
Form factor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Maximum Memory (MByte) 3 GB DDR SDRAM 3 GB DDR SDRAM 3 GB DDR SDRAM 3 GB DDR SDRAM 3 GB DDR SDRAM
SDRAM Slots 0 0 0 0 0
DDR SDRAM Slots 3 3 3 3 3
Standard Features
Dimensions (LxW) 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm 30.5 cm x 210. cm 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
ISA Slots 0 0 0 0 0
PCI Slots 6 6 5 5 6
AGP 4X 1 1 0 1 0
AGP 4X (Pro) 0 0 1 0 1
AMR / CNR no/1 no/1 1/no no/1 no/1
ACR Slot no no 1 1 no
Parallel Ports 1 1 1 1 1
Serial Ports 2 2 2 2 2
USB Ports (external) 2 2 2 2 2
USB Connectors onboard 2 2 2 2 4
IDE channels (UltraATA/100) 4 2 2 2 2
Fan Connectors 3 3 3 2 3
Additional Onboard Features
AC97 Sound AD1885 AD1885 C3DX Avance Logic ALC200 VIA VT1611A
External Audio Connectors
Line Out/In/Mic
yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes yes/yes/yes
Internal Audio Connectors
(Number of Line-ins)
3 3 3 3 3
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes yes
Infrared yes yes yes yes yes
Sensor for Chassis Intrusion no no no no no
Temperature Sensor under CPU yes yes yes yes yes
Additional UltraATA/100 interfaces Promise Ultra100 RAID no no no no
Piezo Speaker yes yes no yes yes
Settings
System Bus adjustable by Bios Bios Jumper Bios Bios
Frequency range for FSB 133 MHz - 248 MHz 133 MHz - 248 MHz 66 MHz - 202 MHz 133 - 170 MHz 133 MHz - 166 MHz
1 MHz steps for System Bus possible yes yes n/a yes yes
CPU core voltage adjustable yes yes Bios yes n/a
Range for CPU core voltage - 3.50V to + 1.30V - 3.50V to + 1.30V 1.70 - 1.20V 1.4 - 1.75V n/a
0.025V steps for VCore no no yes yes n/a
0.5X steps for multiplier yes yes n/a n/a yes
Multiplier settings 3x - 8x 3x - 8x n/a n/a 3.0 x - 8.0 X
BIOS and Revisions
BIOS Award Award Award Award Award
BIOS version tested R1.01A (02 FEB 01) R1.01A (02 FEB 01) Rev. 1001 BETA 015P1 (21 FEB 01) 6VJD0213 (13 FEB 01) 6A6LUD49 (21 FEB 01)
Board Revision tested unkown unkown 1.04 unkown 0.3
Notes
Clock Generator Winbond (W83697HF) Winbond (W83697HF) CPU: ICS 94237AF RAM: ICS 93714DF Winbond W255H Winbond (W83697HF)
Network Conncector (100 Mbit Fast Ethernet no no yes, via 3COM Chip no no
Model variations AX37 Plus AX37 Pro no 6V JD2 (2xSDR & 2xDDR) no
Bundles 1 x CD (Norton Antivirus2000)
1 x CD (Aopen Bonus Pack)
1 x CD (Norton Antiviruns2000)
1 x CD (Aopen Bonus Pack)
1 x CD (CD70 & Antivirus)
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