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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