Mega Test: 14 Boards with KT266A and nForce 420D

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Up Close & Personal: Features For All Boards Tested, Continued

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Manufacturer	Abit	Chaintech	Azza	MSI	Asus	Asus	MSI
Product	KR7A	CT-7VJDA	366A-AV	K7T266 Pro2 (MS-6380)	A7V266-E	A7N266-E	K7N420 Pro
Chipset Features
Chipset Name	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	Nvidia nForce 420D	Nvidia nForce 420D
Platform	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462
FSB clock (MHz)	133.81	133.67	132.91	133.81	133.38	133.64	133.64
CPU clock deviance from nominal (%)	0,36%	0,255%	-0,315%	0,36%	0,037%	0,232%	0,232%
Northbridge	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	VIA KT266A	nForce IGP-128	nForce IGP-128
Southbridge	VIA VT8233	VIA VT8233	VIA VT8233	VIA VT8233	VIA VT8233	nForce MCP-D	nForce MCP-D
Northbridge fan	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	no
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory
Max. memory	4096 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072	3072
SDRAM slots	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
DDR SDRAM slots	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Standard Components
Dimensions (L x W)	30.5 cm x 23.5 cm	30.5 cm x 24.3 cm	30.5 cm x 22.0 cm	30.5 cm x 23.5 cm	30.5 cm x 24.5 cm	30.5 cm x 24.5 cm	30.4 cm x 22.5 cm
PCI slots	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
AGP	4x	4x	4x	4x	4x (Pro)	4x (Pro)	4x
ACR / AMR / CNR	no/no/no	yes/no/yes	no/no/yes	no/no/yes	yes/no/no	yes/no/no	no/no/yes
Parallel ports	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Serial ports	2	2	2	2	2	2	2 (1x intern)
USB ports external/internal	2/4	2/2	2/4	2/4	2/4	2/4	2/4
Fan connectors	3	3	2	2	3	2	3
Additional Components
Piezo speaker (onboard)	no	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wake on LAN (WOL)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wake on Modem (WOM)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Infrared (PIN/COM)	yes/yes	no/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	no/yes
Chassis intrusion sensor	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
Temp. sensor for indirect measurement	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Temp. sensor for thermal diode (direct measurement)	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Network 100 Mbit/s onboard	no	no	no	no	no	Realtek (RTL8100)	integrated (nForce)
Drive Interfaces
Standard IDE
Channels/Bandwidth	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	4/ATA100
Additional IDE
Controller	High Point	no	no	Promise	Promise	no	no
Channels/Bandwidth	4/ATA100 or ATA133	no	no	4/ATA100	4/ATA100	no	no
SCSI
Controller	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
SCSI connectores (68/50pin)	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Channels/Bandwidth	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Onboard Sound
Type (PCI/AC97)	no	PCI chip	AC97	AC97	PCI chip	PCI chip	PCI chip
Sound chip	no	C3DX	VIA VT1611A	ALC201A	C3DX	Nvidia	Nvidia
External jacks (out/in/mic)	no	1/1/1	1/1/1	1/1/1	1/1/1	4/1/1	1/1/1
Internal jacks (in/out/cd)	no	1/0/1	1/0/0	1/1/1	1/1/1	1/1/1	1/1/1
Overclocking
Type	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS/DPI	BIOS/DPI	BIOS
Multiplier / steps (X)	6.0 - 15.0 / 0.5	5.0 - 12.5 / 0.5	no	6.0 - 15.0 / 0.5	5.0 - 13.0 / 0.5	5.0 - 12.5 / 0.5	Auto
FSB - Frequency / steps (MHz)	100; 166	100; 133 - 166 / 1	100; 133 - 166 / 1	100; 133	100 - 227 / 1	100 - 158 / 2	100 - 157 / 2
Voltage settings
CPU: range / steps	1.500 - 1.850	1.750 - 1.850/ 0.025	no	1.725 - 1.850 / 0.025	1.675 - 1.850 / 0.05	1.075 - 1.850 / 0.05	1.700 - 1.850 / 0.05
Memory: range / steps	2.5 - 2.7 / 0.1	no	no	2.5 - 2.7 / 0.1	no	2.5 - 2.7 / 0.5	no
Chipset: range / steps	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Further Details
Bios	Award	Award	Award	AMI	Award	Award	Award
Version	n/a	n/a	366X-AS	V3.1B5	1004b	1000 BETA 179T	V1.0B1
Date	12/27/2001	10/17/2001	9/26/2001	11/5/2001	11/15/2001	11/13/2001	10/18/2001
Board revision	n/a	n/a	1.2.	2	1-Jul	1.01.	1
Clock generator	ICS 94228 BF	CYP 62912	RTM560-266R	CYP 629531	ICS 94228 BF	UEVF0138	Row 61 - Cell 7