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Manufacturer Soltek Soyo Transcend Zida
Model SL-85DR-C P4IY Fire Dragon TS-ABR4/NR A845DD
Chipset
Socket mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478
Clock (CPU/Bus) 2221,93/101,0 2220.75 / 100.94 2199,92/100,00 2191.88 / 99.63
Northbridge i845D i845D i845D i845D
Southbridge i82801BA i82801BA i82801BA i82801BA
Northbridge Fan no no no no
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Maximum RAM 2048 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB
DIMM-Sockets 2, DDR 2, DDR 2, DDR 2, DDR
Memory Type DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered
ECC-Support no Row 13 - Cell 2 no no
Standard Components
Size (LxH) 30,5 cm x 21,0 cm 30,5 cm x 24,5 cm 30,5 cm x 24,5 cm 30,5 cm x 22,0 cm
PCI Slots 6x 32 Bit 6x 32 Bit 5x 32 Bit 6x 32 Bit
AGP 4x 4x 4x (Pro) 4x
AGP Card Lock no no no no
ACR / AMR / CNR no / no / yes no / no / yes no / no / yes no / no / yes
Parallel Ports 1 1 1 1
Serial Ports 2 2 2 2
USB internal/external 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
Fan Headers 3 5 3 2
IDE Controller 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100
Additional Components
Piezo Speaker OnBoard no no no no
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes
IrDA-Port yes yes yes yes
Chassis Intrusion Detection no no no no
Temperature Monitoring CPU1, CPU2, System CPU, System CPU CPU / System
Fan Status Monitoring CPU, 2x Chassis CPU, 2x Chassis CPU, 2x Chassis CPU / Chassis
Network Controller no Intel 100 Mbit Intel 100 Mbit optional
IDE RAID Controller no HighPoint HPT372 Promise PDC20265R no
Firewire-Controller no Texas Instruments no no
SCSI-Controller no no no no
Sound System
Type AC97 PCI AC97 AC97
Hersteller/ Chip Realtek ALC201A C-Media CMI8738 SIGMATEL STAC9721T Cirrus Logic CS4299
Connectors (Int/Ext) 3/2 3/3 3/3 2/3
External Line (Out/In/Mic) 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1
Internal Line (Out/In/CD) 0/1/1 SPDIF & Coax In and Out 1/1/1 0/1/1
Setup
CPU Config Bios/DIP BIOS BIOS BIOS
Selectable Multipliers auto Row 45 - Cell 2 auto auto
FSB Range / Increments 100 - 133 / 5 100 - 250 / 1 100 - 132 / 1 100-130 / 2-3
Voltage Row 47 - Cell 1 Row 47 - Cell 2 Row 47 - Cell 3 Row 47 - Cell 4
Vcore Range / Increments 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 n/a n/a
Vram / Increments 2.5 - 2.8 / 0.1 2.52, 2.56, 2.59, 2.61, 2.65, 2.68 n/a n/a
Vchipset / Increments n/a V-AGP 1.53, 1.56, 1.59, 1.62, 1.65, 1.68 n/a n/a
Board and BIOS Details
Bios Award Award Award Award
Version K1 1.0 1.00 1.01
Date Dec 5, 2001 ? nov 22, 2001 nov 20, 2001
Motherboard Revision ? ? ? ?
Boot Devices Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB-FDD/ZIP/CD/HD Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN
Manual Interrupt Assignment yes no yes no
Special Features n/a RAID Controller disable does not work Row 58 - Cell 3 Buffer Strength Control
Shared Interrupts ? ? 4+5 ?
Clock Generator Realtek RTM660-109R ICS 950202CF Realtek RTM660-109R ICS 950202CF
Other
Layout Issues See Evaluation See Evaluation See Evaluation See Evaluation
Modell Variations AMI-BIOS Limited Edition Row 63 - Cell 3 Row 63 - Cell 4
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Qualität yes, comprehensive yes, excellent yes, good yes, brief
Languages English English English English
Quick Setup Guide Software Manual included no no yes
Cables 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 3x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy
USB Adapter no no Row 69 - Cell 3 no
Software PC Cillin 200, Virtual Drive, Partition Magic 6.0, Drive Image 4.0 Row 70 - Cell 2 Row 70 - Cell 3 Norton Anti Virus 2001
Other Temperature Sensor, Worldwide Contact Addresses Included Row 71 - Cell 2 Row 71 - Cell 3 Row 71 - Cell 4
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.