5 New SocketA Boards With UltraATA/100
Features
By
Uwe Scheffel
published
Features Table
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| Manufacturer | AOpen | Biostar | Luckystar | MSI | Soltek |
| Model | AK73 Pro | M7VKB (686B) | KT133 Pro | K7T Pro2-A | SL-75KV2-X |
| Platform | SocketA | SocketA | SocketA | SocketA | SocketA |
| North bridge | VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363) | VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363) | VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363) | VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363) | VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363) |
| South bridge | VIA VT82C686B | VIA VT82C686B | VIA VT82C686B | VIA VT82C686B | VIA VT82C686B |
| Form faktor | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| Memory | |||||
| Max. Memory (MB) | 1536 MByte | 768 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte | 768 MByte |
| # DIMM slots | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Features | |||||
| # ISA slots | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # PCI slots | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| # AGP 4X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| # AGP 4X (Pro) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # AMR / CNR | 1/- | 1/- | 1/- | -/1 | -/- |
| # parallel ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # serial ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1+1 |
| # external USB ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # IDE channels (UltraATA/100) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # fan connectors | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Additional onboard interfaces | |||||
| AC97 Sound | AD 1885 | Creative CT5880 | W83971D | VT 1611 A | ICE1232 |
| external audio connectorsLine Out/In/Mic | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes |
| internal audio connectors# Line-Ins | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Wake on Modem (WOM) | yes | no | yes | no | no |
| Infrared connector | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sensor for chassis intrusion | no | no | no | no | no |
| Thermal sensor inside CPU socket | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Piezo speaker | no | no | no | yes | no |
| USB connector | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Settings | |||||
| System Bus adjustable through | BIOS and DIP | BIOS and DIP | BIOS and DIP | BIOS | BIOS and DIP |
| Frequency range for system bus | 100 to 120 MHz | 100 to 140 MHz | 90 to 160 MHz | 100 to 128 MHz | 100 to 152 MHz |
| 1 MHz steps for system bus possible | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| CPU core voltage adjustable through | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS |
| Range for CPU core voltage (Vcore) | 1.100 to 1.850V | 1.775 to 1.850V | 1.500 to 1.850V | 1.550 to 1.850V | 1.500 to 1.850V |
| 0.05V steps for Vcore possible | yes, even 0.025 | yes, even 0.025 | yes | yes, even 0.025 | yes, even 0.025 |
| BIOS and Revisions | |||||
| BIOS maker | Award | Award | Award | Award | Award |
| BIOS Version tested | 08.11.2000 | 31.10.2000 | 25.11.2000 | 03.11.2000 | 25.11.2000 |
| Board Revision tested | 812 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.0E | n/a |
| Clock Controller | Winbond W230 | Winbond W230 | ICS UAM34C-ES | ICS UP050446 | Phaselink PLL205-01XC |
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