Feature Tables, Continued
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| Manufacturer | Biostar | Epox | Jetway | Soltek | Soyo |
| Product | M7SXF | EP-4SDA+ | S446R | SL-85DRS2 | P4S |
| Chipset | |||||
| Socket | mPGA478 | mPGA478 | mPGA478 | mPGA478 | mPGA478 |
| Clock (CPU/Bus) | 1991.81 / 99.59 | 2093.72 / 104.69 | 2017.75 / 100.89 | 2000.14 / 100.01 | 1995.00 / 99.75 |
| Northbridge | SiS645 | SiS645 | SiS645 | SiS645 | SiS645 |
| Southbridge | SiS961 | SiS961 | SiS961 | SiS961 | SiS961 |
| Northbridge Fan | no | no | no | no | yes |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| Memory | |||||
| Max. RAM | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 3072 MB |
| DIMM Socket | 3, DDR | 3, DDR | 3, DDR | 3, DDR | 3, DDR |
| Memory Type | DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered | DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered | DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered | DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered | DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered |
| ECC-Support | no | no | no | no | no |
| Standard Features | |||||
| Dimensions (LxW) | Row 15 - Cell 1 | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 | 30.5 x 22.5 cm | 30.5 x 23 cm |
| PCI Slots | 5x 32 Bit | 6x 32 Bit | 5x 32 Bit | 6x 32 Bit | 6x 32 Bit |
| AGP | 4x | 4x | 4x | 4x | 4x |
| AGP Clip | no | yes | no | no | no |
| ACR / AMR / CNR | yes / no / yes | no / no / no | no / no / yes | no / no / no | no / no / no |
| Parallel Ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serial Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB internal/external | 4/2 | 4/2 | 4/2 | 2/2 | 4/2 |
| Fan Headers | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| IDE Controller | 2x UltraATA 100 | 2x UltraATA 100 | 2x UltraATA 100 | 2x UltraATA 100 | 2x UltraATA 100 |
| Additional Components | |||||
| Piezo Loudspeaker OnBoard | no | no | yes | no | no |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | yes | no | no | no | no |
| Wake on Modem (WOM) | no | no | no | no | no |
| IrDA-Port | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Case Sensor | no | no | no | yes | no |
| Temperature Monitoring | CPU, System | CPU, System | CPU, System | CPU, CPU2, System | CPU, System |
| Fan Status Monitoring | CPU, System | CPU, System | CPU, System | CPU, System | CPU, System |
| Network Controller | no | no | no | no | yes, ICS |
| IDE RAID Controller | no | HighPoint HPT372 | Promise PDC20265R | no | HighPoint HPT372 |
| Firewire-Controller | no | no | no | no | no |
| SCSI-Controller | no | no | no | no | no |
| Sound System | |||||
| Typ | AC97 | AC97 | AC97 | AC97 | PCI |
| Manufacturer / Chip | Avance Logic AL201A | Avance Logic AL201A | Avance Logic AL201A | Avance Logic AL201A | C-Media CMI8738 |
| Interfaces (Int/Ext) | 3/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 2/7 |
| External Line (Out/In/Mic) | 1/1/1 | 1/1/1 | 1/1/1 | 1/1/1 | 4/2/1 |
| Internal Line (Out/In/CD) | 0/1/2 | 0/2/1 | 0/1/0 | 0/1/1 | 0/0/2 |
| Setup | |||||
| CPU Configuration | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS | BIOS + DIP | BIOS |
| Optional Multipliers | auto, 8 - 23 / 1 | auto, 8 - 23 / 1 | 8 - 23 / 1 | 8 - 24 / 1 | 8 - 23 / 1 |
| FSB Range / Increment | 100, 105, 108, 112 | 100 - 200 / 1 | 100 - 200 / 1 | 100 - 133 / 2-5 | 100-255 / 1 |
| Voltage | |||||
| Vcore Range / Increment | n/a | + 0.175 V / 0.025 | 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 | n/a | 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 |
| Vram / Increment | n/a | + 0.7 / 0.1 | n/a | 2.5 - 2.8 / 0.1 | 2.5 - 3.5 / 0.1 |
| Vchipset / Increment | n/a | + 0.7 / 0.1 | n/a | n/a | VAGP 1.5 - 1.8 / 0.1 |
| Board and BIOS Details | |||||
| Bios | Award | Award | Award | AMI | Award |
| Version | 1.14 | ? | F05 | 1.4 | 2AA3 |
| Date | Jan 17, 2002 | Nov 27, 2001 | Nov 14, 2001 | Jan 5, 2002 | Jan 16, 2002 |
| Motherboard Revision | 1.0 | 0.1 | ? | ? | ? |
| Boot Devices | Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN | Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP | 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 |
| Manual Interrupt Assignment | no | no | no | yes | no |
| Special Features | Row 58 - Cell 1 | Row 58 - Cell 2 | Row 58 - Cell 3 | Row 58 - Cell 4 | CPU:DRAM Ratio 1:1, 3:4 or 3:5 |
| Clock Generator | ICS 952001AF | ICS 952001AF | Row 59 - Cell 3 | ICS 93705CF | ICS 952001AF |
| Other | |||||
| Layout Issues | see evaluation | see evaluation | see evaluation | see evaluation | see evaluation |
| Shipment / Utilities | |||||
| Manual / Quality | yes, good | yes, average | yes, average | yes, good | yes, excellent |
| Languages | English | English | English | English | English |
| Quick Setup Guide | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| Cable | 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy | 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy | 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy | 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy | 3x IDE-80, 1x Floppy |
| USB Adapter | no | no | no | no | yes, Drive Bay model |
| Software | Row 68 - Cell 1 | Row 68 - Cell 2 | Row 68 - Cell 3 | Pc Cillin 2000, Virtual Drive, Partition Magic 6.0, Drive Image 4.0 | Adobe Active Share, norton Ghost 2002, Anti Virus 2002, Vcom, WinDVD, Imagemore |
| Miscellaneous | Row 69 - Cell 1 | Row 69 - Cell 2 | Row 69 - Cell 3 | Temperature Probe | Row 69 - Cell 5 |
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