Boards from this company are always of high quality,
have a good performance level, rich capabilities, a lot of settings
and a relatively low price.
Accessories:
- Package: a standard design;
- Documentation: a user manual in English;
- Cables: 1 ATA66/100, 1 ATA 33 and 1 FDD;
- Mounting for a cooler with a plastic plate onto the back side;
- CD with software including:
- drivers;
- system monitoring programs;
- Boostek for changing a FSB frequency from Windows;
- Adobe Acrobat Reader;
- Norton Ghost 6.03;
- PC-Cillin 2000.
The layout is not the best: IDE connectors are
behind the PCI slots (though there are only two memory slots and
that the board is quite big), and it can be difficult to reach if
full-size expansion slots are installed in these slots. The AGP
connector has a clip which prevents video cards from falling out.
It's not difficult to reach switches and jumpers.
The 3-channel switching voltage regulator incorporates
11 capacitors of 2200 uF and 3 of 3300 uF (it's not unnecessary
as they board is meant for overclockers).
The following controllers are integrated: an audio
one based on the chipset's capabilities and Avance Logic codec (ALC201A);
IDE RAID controller on the HighPoint HPT372 with ATA 33/66/100/133
modes and RAID 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring) and 0+1 (striping + mirroring)
support. There are also two 7-segment LEDs which monitor the POST
procedure.
Non-unsoldered connectors: none.
The system monitoring is supported by the Winbond
W83627HF-AW. Processor and battery voltage (+/-3.3, +/-5 and +/-12
V), speed of 2 fans and temperatures of the processor (a built-in
sensor) and the board (a built-in sensor) can be controlled. There
are 2 connectors for adjustable connection of fans and 1 for non-adjustable.
Brief characteristics of the board: memory
slots - 2 DDR SDRAM; expansion slots - AGP/ 6 PCI/ CNR; I/O ports
- 2 COM/ LPT/ 2 PS/2/ 4 USB 1.1; dimensions - 305x245 mm.
Adjustment can be carried out with:
| jumpers and switches |
Jumper to clear up the CMOS |
 |
| Jumper to make possible to start
up a computer with a keyboard |
|
| Jumper to choose memory voltage |
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 V |
| BIOS based on v6.00PG from Award |
Setup of memory timings |
+ |
CAS Latency, Active to Precharge Delay, RAS
to CAS Delay, RAS Precharge |
| Setup of memory frequency |
+ |
DDR200/DDR266 |
| Setup of AGP bus |
+ |
|
| Setup of PCI bus |
+ |
 |
| Changeable scaler of AGP and PCI buses |
+ |
AGP: 2/3 FSB or fixed 66 MHz |
| Manual assignment of interrupts |
+ |
|
| Changeable FSB frequency |
+ |
in 1 MHz steps, 90-166 MHz |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
+ |
x8-x50 |
| Changeable core voltage |
+ |
-0.1/+0.2 V in 0.025 V steps |
| Changeable memory voltage |
+ |
+0.4 V in 0.1 V steps |
| Changeable chipset voltage |
- |
|
| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
- |
|
We used the latest available version of the BIOS
13/11/2001.
The board is quite speedy which makes it a good
choice for many especially considering its rich functions and settings
and a low price.
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