Heir To The BX: 18 Pentium III Motherboards Using The 815 Chipset

Feature Comparison

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Manufacturer Abit AOpen Asus Azza Chaintech DFI
Product SE6 AX3S Pro CUSL2 815TX CT-6OJV CS35-EC
Platform Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370
Chipset Intel 82815 Intel 82815 Intel 82815 Intel 82815 Intel 82815 Intel 82815
Form Faktor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX MicroATX
Memory
Max. Memory (MByte) 512 512 512 512 512 512
# DIMMS 3 3 3 3 3 3
Slots and Interfaces
# ISA slots 0 0 0 0 0 0
# PCI slots 6 5 6 4 6 2
AGP 4X slot 1 1 0 1 1 1
AGP 4X (Pro50) 0 0 1 0 0 0
# AMR slots CNR CNR 2 CNR 1 CNR CNR
# parallel ports 1 1 1 1 1 1
# seriell ports 1+1 1+1 1+1 1+1 1+1 1+1
# USB ports external 2 2 2 2 2 2
# USB ports internal 2 2 3 0 0 2
# IDE connectors (UltraATA/66) 2 UATA100 2 UATA100 2 UATA100 2 2 2 UATA/100
# Fan connectors 3 3 3 3 3 3
Integrated (Onboard) Features
AC97 Sound Avance Logic ALC100 Analog Devices AD1885 none Analog Devices AD1881 Row 21 - Cell 5 Analog Devices AD1881
Audio external: # Line Out/In/Mic 1/1/1 1/1/1 0 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1
Audio internal: # Line-Ins 3 3 0 2 3 4
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) no yes none no no no
Infrared yes yes yes yes yes yes
Intruder sensor yes no yes no no yes
extra UltraATA/100 IDE connectors integrated integrated integrated no no integrated
Piezo speaker onboard yes no none no yes yes
Frequencies and Settings
Freq. Adjustable with DIP or BIOS Jumper + BIOS DIP or BIOS DIP + BIOS BIOS Jumper + BIOS
FSB clock 66 - 153 MHz 66 - 166 MHz 66 - 200 MHz 66 - 150 MHz 66 - 150 MHz 66 - 166 MHz
Freq. adjustable in 1 MHz steps yes no none no no no
CPU core voltage adjustable with BIOS BIOS BIOS Jumper Row 34 - Cell 5 no
CPU core voltage 1.3 - 3.5 V 1.5 - 1.95 V 1.3 - 3.5 V + 0.05 V Row 35 - Cell 5 n.a.
CPU core voltage adjustable in 0.05V steps yes yes yes nein Row 36 - Cell 5 no
BIOS and Revisions
BIOS Award Award Award Award Award Award
BIOS version June 19 1.02 1001 1.0 June 26 July 31
Board revision ? 1 1.02 1.2 1.0 2
Comments
Clock chip RTM560 W2298H Row 42 - Cell 3 ICS 9250AF-25 W2298H W2298H
Product variations none none Sound 815TX5 Creative Sound, USB 3/4 Row 43 - Cell 6
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.