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Up Close And Personal: Motherboard Configuration, Continued

07:00 - Wednesday 8 August 2001 by Frank Völkel

Memory
Manufacturer	Shuttle	Soltek	Biostar	Aopen	Chaintech
Model	AK31	SL-75DRV	M7VIB	AK77 Plus	CT-7VJD2
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)	1206.16MHz	1200.04MHz	1199.78MHz	1199.79MHz	1199.78MHz
Northbridge	VT8366 (0118CD)	VT8366 (0113CD)	VT8366 (0119CD)	VT8366 (0116CD)	VT8366 (0117CD)
Southbridge	VT8233 (0112CD)	VT8233 (0109CD)	VT8233 (0112CD)	VT8233 (0111CD)	VT8233 (0112CD)
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Max. Memory (GB)	4 GB	3 GB	4 GB	3 GB	2 GB
SDRAM slots	0	0	0	0	2
DDR SDRAM slots	4	3	4	3	2
Standard Features
Dimensions (LxW)	30.5cm x 24.4cm	30.5cm x 22.0cm	30.5cm x 24.5cm	30.5cm x 24.5cm	30.5cm x 24.3cm
ISA slots	0	0	0	0	0
PCI slots	6	5	5	5	5
AGP 4X	0	0	1	1	1
AGP 4X (Pro)	1	1	0	0	0
ACR / AMR / CNR	0/0/1	0/0/1	1/0/1	0/0/1	1/0/1
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	4	4	4	4	4
IDE channels (UltraATA/100)	2	2	2	2	2
SCSI connectors (68pin/50pin)	0	0	0	0	0
fan connectors	2	3	2	2	3
additional onboard interfaces
AC'97 Sound	VIA (VT1611A)	VIA (VT1611A)	ALC201A	AD1885	HRTF 3D Audio (PCI)
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	3	1	3	3	2
Wake on LAN (WOL)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wake on Modem (WOM)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Infrarot	yes	yes	yes	yes
Sensor chassis intrusion	no	no	no	no
Temperature sensor	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
additional UltraATA/100 connectors	no	no	no	Promise (Fast Track 100 "Lite")	no
Piezo speaker onboard	yes	no	no	yes	yes
Settings
System clock adjustable	BIOS	DIP,BIOS	BIOS	BIOS, Jumper, DPI	BIOS, DPI
Frequency range for FSB	100 to 166MHz	133 to 200MHz	133 to 166MHz	133 to 248MHz	133 to 166MHz
1MHz steps for system clock	yes	yes	no	yes	yes
CPU core voltage adjustable	BIOS	BIOS, DPI	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS
Range for CPU core voltage	1.650 to 2.025V	1.100 to 1.850V	1.650 to 2.025V	1.100 to 1.850V	1.750 to 2.100V
0.025V steps for VCore	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
0.5X steps for multiplier	yes	yes	no	yes	yes
Multiplier adjustable	5.5x to 14.0x	5.0x to 12.5x (DPI)	no	5.0x to 12.5 x	5.0x to 12.5x
BIOS and Revisions
BIOS	Award	Award	Award	Award	Award
tested BIOS version	AK31S907 (03 Jul 2001)	REV K1 (27 Apr 2001)	VIB0612B (12 Jun 2001)	R0.05g (05 Jul 2001)	(4 Jun 2001)
tested board revision	20	1.0	1.0	48.89A01.011	1.0
Notes
Clock Generator	ICS 94228BF	ICS 94228BF	W312-02H	W312-02H	W312-02H
SCSI Controller	no	no	nen	no	no
Network connector	no	no	no	no	no
Model variations	AK32 (DDR&SDR)	no	no	AK77 Pro	no
Accessories
Manual	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
	1 x Floppy cable	1 x Manual (Board)	1 x Floppy cable	1 x USB Slot cover	2 x Info flyer(Board)
	1 x ATA66cable	1 x Manual (Tools)	1 x ATA66cable	1 x Info flyer(Board)	1 x Manual (Board)
	2 x USB Slot cover	1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x CD (Norton Anti 2001)	1 x CD (Drivers)
	1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x CD (Tools)	1 x Info flyer(Board)	1 x CD (Drivers)	1 x CD (Programs)
	1 x Manual	1 x Info flyer address	1 x Info flyer(CPU)	1 x Disk (Raid)	1 x sticker (Board-Info)
		1 x Temperature Sensor		1 x Manual (Board)
		1 x Floppy cable		1 x Manual (Raid)	1 x Floppy cable
		1 x ATA66 cable		1 x Floppy cable	1 x ATA66 cable
				1 x ATA66 cable	1 x Sound slot cover
				1 x ATA33 cable	1 x memory term. card
				1 x Reg. card
				1 x sticker (Serial)