Up Close & Personal: The Features Of All Boards Tested

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Manufacturer ASUS MSI Gigabyte Elitegroup Rioworks Rioworks
Model CUV4X-D 694D Pro 6VXDC7 D6VAA SDVIA - 100 SDVIA - LS
CPU Voltage Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370
Northbridge VT694XDP VT82C694X VT82C694XDP VT82C694X VT82C694X VT82C694X
Southbridge VT82C686B VT82C686A VT82C686A VT82C686B VT82C596B VT82C596B
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Max Memory (MByte) 4 GB 2 GB 1,5 GB 1,5 GB 2 GB 2 GB
SDRAM Slots 4 4 4 3 4 4
Standard-Equipment
Size (length x width) 30,5 cm x 25,5 cm 30,5 cm x 25,5 cm 30,5 cm x 24,5 cm 30,5 cm x 24,4 cm 30,5 cm x 24,4 cm
ISA-Slots no no 1 0 0 0
PCI-Slots 5 5 5 5 6 6
AGP 4X no 1 1 1 0 0
AGP 4X (Pro) 1 no no no 1 1
ACR / AMR / CNR no/no/no 1/no/no no/no/no 1/no/no no/no/no no/no/no
parallel 1 1 1 1 1 1
seriell 2 2 2 2 2 2
external USB-Ports 2 2 2 2 2 2
external USB-connectors onboard 2 no 2 2 0 0
IDE-channels 2 x ATA100 2 x ATA 66 2 x ATA 66 2 x ATA100 2 x ATA100 2 x Raid 100 2x ATA 100
SCSI-Connectors (68pin/50pin) no no no no no/no yes/yes
Fan Headers 4 x 3Pin Standart 2 x CPU, 1 x System 2 x CPU, 2 x System 2 x CPU, 2 x System 2 x CPU, 1 x System 2x CPU 3x System
Additional Onboard-Interfaces
AC97 Sound no Winbond (W839710) no Avance Logic (ALC100P) no no
Audio-Connectors external
Line Out/In/Mic		 no yes/yes/yes no/no/no yes/yes/yes no/no/no no/no/no
Audio-Connectors internal
Numbers of Line-Ins		 no 3 no 2 0 0
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes yes yes
Infrared yes yes yes yes yes yes
Intrusion Dectection Sensor no no no no yes yes
Thermal Probe underneath CPU yes yes yes yes yes yes
additional UltraATA/100-Interfaces no Promise ATA100 no Higth Point 370 Raid (AMI) no
Piezo Loudspeaker onboard yes yes yes yes yes yes
Ajustment Options
FSB Clock Adjustable via Bios, dipswitches Bios dipswitches Bios Bios Bios
FSB-Range 68 MHz - 166 MHz 120 - 200 MHz 66 - 152 MHz 66 bis 160 MHz 133 bin 150 MHz 133 bin 150 MHz
1 MHz Steps For FSB Clock? no no no no no no
CPU-Core Voltage adjustable via no Bios no no no no
Range of CPU-Core Voltage no 1,600 - 2,100 V no no no no
0.025 V steps possible for Vcore? no no no no no no
0,5x steps for multiplier possible? no yes yes yes yes yes
Multiplier Range no 3.0x - 8.0x 3.0x - 8.0x 7.0x - 12.0x 3.5x - 8.5x 3.5x - 8.5x
BIOS und Revisions
BIOS Award Award AMI Award Award Award
BIOS Version Rev. 1007 Beta 002 (11.04.2001) W6321MS V3.3 (30.01.2001) 6VXDC7 F6 (01.03.2001) D6VAA 1.0f (31.01.2001) V 1.70 (16.05.2001) V1.11 (27.12.2000)
Board Revision 1.03 1.0 1.0 1/1 Rev.: D Rev.: D
Comments
PLL Chips n/a ICS 9279BF-01 ICS 9250BF-18 ICS 9250BF-18 Winbond W83195R-08
SCSI Controller no no no no no yes
SCSI Controller (Info) no no no no no Adaptec 7892 Ultra3 SCSI
NIC no no no no 10 / 100 MBit Intel 82559 10 / 100 MBit Intel 82559
Board Variations SDVIA / SDVIA - LS SDVIA / SDVIA - 100
Specialities
Positive Reboots with standard settings after crash/freeze due to overclocking Promise-Controller PGP-Clamp HP370 - Controller AMI-RAID
2x FireWire-Controller ISA-Slot Stability SCSI - Controller
No ACR / AMR / CNR Slots D-LED D - LED Connector No ACR / AMR / CNR Slots OnBoard - LAN
Negative CNR-Slot Dual-Bios, second socket empty CNR - Slots Very Slow
Promise-Controller cannot be disabled
Included in Shipment
1 x USB-Adapter 1 x Handbuch (Board) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver)
1 x IDE-Kabel PIO 4 1 x Aufkleber (D-LED) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board)
1 x IDE-Kabel ATA66 1 x Infoblatt (D-LED) 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x SCSI Cable
1 x Floppy-Kabel 1 x FireWire-Adapter 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x SCSI Terminator
1 x CD (Treiber) 1 x Floppy-Kabel 1 x Info-Pages (HP370) 2 x Driver-Disk (AMI-Raid) 1 x Floppy-Cable
1 x Handbuch (Board) 1 x IDE-Kabel ATA 66 1 x Manual (AMI-Raid) 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100
1 x IDE-Kabel ATA PIO 4 1 x Handbuch (AMI-Raid) 1 x IDE-Cable ATA
1 x CD (Treiber) 1 x Info Leaflet (Board) 1 x Info Leaflet (Board)
1 x SCSI Cable Standard
Fotos
1. FireWire-Anschlüsse 1. Dual-BIOS
2. D-LED 2. ISA-Slot
3. CNR-Slot

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