Late Vintage: High Degree of Maturity of the KT133
Features
By
Uwe Scheffel
published
Features Table
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| Manufacturer | ACORP | ECS | MSI | MSI | NMC | QDI | Transcend |
| Model | 7KTA | K7VZA | K7T Master (MS-6347) | K7T Pro2 (MS-6330) | 8TAX | KinetiZ 7T | TS-AKT4 |
| Platform | Sockel A | Sockel A | Sockel A | Sockel A | Sockel A | Sockel A | Sockel A |
| Northbridge | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 | VIA KT133 |
| Southbridge | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) | 686A (ATA/66) |
| Form factor | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| Memory | |||||||
| Max. Memory (MB) | 768 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte | 1536 MByte |
| # DIMM slots | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Features | |||||||
| # ISA slots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # PCI slots | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| # AGP 4X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # AGP 4X (Pro) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # AMR / CNR | 1/- | 1/- | -/1 | -/1 | -/- | 1/- | 1/- |
| # parallel ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # serial ports | 1+1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 |
| # external USB ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # onboard USB ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # IDE channels (UltraATA/66) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # SCSI Connectors (68-pin/50-pin) | n/a | n/a | yes/yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| # fan connectors | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Additional onboard interfaces | |||||||
| AC97 Soand | Avance Logic ALC 100P | Avance Logic ALC 100P | VT 1611 A | VT 1611 A | VT 1611 A | AD 1881 A | Sigmatel STAC9721T |
| external audio connectors | Row 24 - Cell 1 | Row 24 - Cell 2 | Row 24 - Cell 3 | Row 24 - Cell 4 | Row 24 - Cell 5 | Row 24 - Cell 6 | Row 24 - Cell 7 |
| Line Out/In/Mic | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| internal audio connectors | Row 26 - Cell 1 | Row 26 - Cell 2 | Row 26 - Cell 3 | Row 26 - Cell 4 | Row 26 - Cell 5 | Row 26 - Cell 6 | Row 26 - Cell 7 |
| # Line-Ins | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Wake on Modem (WOM) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Infrared connector | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sensor for chassis intrusion | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Thermal sensor inside CPU socket | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Additional ATA/100 interfaces | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Piezo speaker | no | yes | yes | yes, voice output | no | yes | no |
| Settings | |||||||
| System Bus adjustable through | DIP | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS | DIP and BIOS | DIP and BIOS | BIOS |
| Frequency range for system bus | 100 to 132 MHz | 100 to 112 MHz | 100 to 150 MHz | 100 to 166 MHz | 95 to 166 MHz | 100 to 166 MHz | 100 to 132 MHz |
| 1 MHz steps for system bus possible | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | yes |
| CPU core voltage adjustable through | no | no | no | BIOS | DIP | no | no |
| Range for CPU core voltage (Vcore) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.550 to 1.850 | 1.30 to 2.05 | n/a | n/a |
| 0.05V steps for Vcore possible | n/a | n/a | n/a | yes | yes | n/a | n/a |
| Multiplier adjustable | no | no | no | no | no | yes, via jumper | no |
| BIOS and Revisions | |||||||
| BIOS maker | Award | Award | Award | Award | Award | Award | Award |
| BIOS Version tested | 27.10.2000 | 28.08.2000 | 1.09.2000 | 1.12.2000 | 1.12.2000 | 13.11.2000 | 3.11.2000 |
| Board Revision tested | 1.09 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 (s1.2) | 29-8080 |
| Clock Controller | ICS UA030565 | Winbond W230 | ICS 9279AF-21 | ICS 94220AF | Winbond W230 | Winbond W230 | ICS 94215AF |
| SCSI Controller | n/a | n/a | AIC7892B | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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