Beefed Up BX? - Five Boards with 815/Solano Chipset
Features
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Frank Völkel
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Features Table
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| Manufacturer | Abit | Azza | Chaintech | MSI | Siemens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product | SE6 | 815TX | 6OJV | MS-6337 | D1184 |
| Platform | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 |
| Chipset | Intel 815E | Intel 815 | Intel 815 | Intel 815E | Intel 815 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| Memory | |||||
| Max. Memory | 512 MByte | 512 MByte | 512 MByte | 512 MByte | 512 MByte |
| # DIMMs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Slots and Interfaces | |||||
| # ISA slots | no | no | no | no | no |
| # PCI slots | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| AGP 4X slot | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| AGP 4X (Pro50) | no | no | no | no | no |
| # AMR slots | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # parallel ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # serial ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # USB ports | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| # IDE connectors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # Fan connectors | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| ATA bandwidth | 100 MByte/s | 66 MByte/s | 66 MByte/s | 100 MByte/s | 66 MByte/s |
| UltraDMA/33/66/100 | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/no | yes/yes/no | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/no |
| Integrated (Onboard) Features | |||||
| AMR (Modem and Audio) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sound | AC97 | AC97 | AC97 | AC97 | AC97 |
| VGA display connector | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Frequencies and Settings | |||||
| Max. CPU clock (preliminary) | 1500 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Max. FSB | 153 MHz | 133 MHz | 153 MHz | 153 MHz | 133 MHz |
| Dual Prozessor | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overclockable | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Freq. adjustable with DIPs | yes | yes | no | no | yes |
| Freq. adjustable with jumpers | no | no | yes | yes | no |
| Freq. adjustable with SoftBios | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CPU core voltage adjustable | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| BIOS and Revisions | |||||
| BIOS | Award | Award | Award/Phoenix | Award | Award/Phoenix |
| Board revision | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Additional Features | |||||
| Intruder sensor | no | no | yes | no | no |
| VC-SDRAM support | no | no | no | no | no |
| ACPI | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| PC99 compliance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Piezo speaker | yes | no | yes | yes | no |
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