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Up Close And Personal: Motherboard Configuration

07:00 - Wednesday 8 August 2001 by Frank Völkel

Memory
Manufacturer	VIA	Epox	Siemens	Gigabyte	MSI
Model	VT5431E	EP-8KHA	D1279	GA-7VTX	K7T266 Pro (MS-6380)
Platform	Socket A	Socket A	Socket A	Socket A	Socket A
CPU clock (set)	1200MHz (133MHz x 9.0)	1200MHz (133MHz x 9.0)	1200MHz (133MHz x 9.0)	1200MHz (133MHz x 9.0)	1200MHz (133MHz x 9.0)
CPU clock (measured)	1200.04MHz	1197.20MHz	1200.20MHz	1199.78MHz	1199.78MHz
Northbridge	VT8366 (0116CD)	VT8366 (0117CD)	VT8366 (0117CD)	VT8366 (0108CD)	VT8366 (0113CD)
Southbridge	VT8233 (0118CD)	VT8233 (0109CD)	VT8233 (0116CD)	VT8233 (0117CD)	VT8233 (0111CD)
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Max. Memory	3 GB	3 GB	3 GB	3 GB	3 GB
SDRAM slots	0	0	0	0	0
DDR SDRAM slots	3	3	3	3	3
Standard Features
Dimensions (LxW)	30.5 cm x 26.0 cm	30.5 cm x 24.5 cm	30.5 cm x 24.5 cm	30.5 cm x 24.4 cm	30.5 cm x 23.5 cm
ISA slots	0	0	0	0	0
PCI slots	4	6	5	5	5
AGP 4X	1	1	1	0	0
AGP 4X (Pro)	0	0	0	1	1
ACR / AMR / CNR	1/0/0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0/1/0	0/0/1
parallel ports	1	1	1	1	1
serial ports	2	2	2	2	2
external USB Ports	2	2	2	2	2
onboard USB connectors	2	4	4	4	4
IDE channels (UltraATA/100)	2	2	2	2	2
SCSI connectors (68pin/50pin)	0	0	0	0	0
Fan connectors	1	3	3	3	2
Additional Onboard features
AC'97 Sound	VIA (VT1611A)	VIA (TV611A)	AD 1885	Creative CT5880-DCQ (PCI)	VIA (VT1611A)
external Audio connectors Line Out/In/Mic	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes
internal audio connectors # Line-Ins	2	3	3	2	3
Wake on LAN (WOL)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wake on Modem (WOM)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Infrared	yes	yes	no	yes	yes
Sensor Chassis Intrusion	no	no	no	yes	yes
Temperature sensor for CPU	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
additional UltraATA/100 interfaces	no	no	no	no	Promise (FastTrak100 Lite)
Piezo speaker onboard	yes	no	no	no	yes
Settings
System clock adjustable	BIOS, DPI	BIOS	BIOS, DPI	BIOS, DPI	BIOS
Frequency range for FSB	100 to 133MHz	100 to 200MHz	100 to 170MHz	100 to 170MHz	133 to 164MHz
1MHz steps for system clock	no	yes	no	133 to 161MHz (BIOS)	yes
CPU core voltage adjustable	no	BIOS	no	no	BIOS
Range for CPU core voltage	no	1.650 to 1.850V	n/a	no	1.725 to 1.850V
0.025V steps for VCore	no	yes	no	no	yes
0.5X steps for multiplier	no	yes	no	yes	yes
Multiplier adjustable	no	6.0x to 15.0x	n/a	5.0x to 15.0x	6.0x to 15.0x
BIOS and Revisions
BIOS	Award	Award	Phoenix	AMI	AMI
tested BIOS version	99ultra3 (12 Jun 2001)	19 Jun 2001	Rev. 0.99K.1289 (PRE-RELASE)	7VTX F3 (25 May 2001)	V1.4B2 (26 Jun 2001)
tested Board Revision	2	1.1	1.0	Rev.: 0.3	1.0
Notes
Clock Generator	ICS 94228BF	W312-02H	DC1154B	W312-02H	W312-02H
SCSI Controller	no	no	no	no	no
Network connector	no	no	no	no	no
Model variations	no	no	no	no	no
Accessories
Manual		yes	yes	yes	yes
		1 x Floppy cable	1 x Floppy cable	1 x Floppy cable	1 x Manual (Board)
		1 x ATA66 cable	1 x ATA66 cable	1 x ATA66 cable	1 x Disk (Promise Drivers)
		1 x ATA33 cable	1 x ATA33 cable	1 x ATA33 cable	1 x Floppy cable
		1 x Manual (Board)	1 x Manual (Board)	1 x CD (Drivers)	2 x ATA66 cable
		1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x USB Slot cover	1 x ATA33 cable
		1 x USB Slot cover	1 x USB Slot cover	1 x Manual (Board)	1 x USB Slot cover
			1 x COM Port Slot cover		1 x USB Cable
			1 x voltage adaptor		1 x Info flyer (DR. LED)
			1 x Metal		1 x MSI sticker
					1 x CD (Drivers)
					1 x Manual (Promise)
					1 x Info flyer(MSI)
					1 x calendar