New motherboard

[krusty]

I gave up on the KT7a idea and have ordered the Gigabyte GA-7DXR, it looks like an overclockers wet dream.

PROCESSOR
Socket A for AMD Athlon™ /Duron™ 200/266MHz FSB processors
95/100/103/105/110/115/133/..150* MHz FSB
Auto/1.5V/1.525V/1.55V...1.85V(15 scales / 0.025V per scale) CPU Voltage adjustable
Supports CPU multiplier 5.0/5.5/.../12.5

CHIPSET
AMD 761™ north bridge & VIA 686B south bridge
Creative CT-5880 sound chip & AC97 codec
Promise ATA100 w/ RAID chip

MEMORY
Supports up to 3GB DDR SDRAM ( 2GB unbuffered memory )
2.5V/2.7V/2.9V DDR Memory voltage adjustable
3 DIMMs of 184-pin DDR sockets
Supports either PC1600/DDR200 or PC2100/DDR266 DDR memory
Supports 72bits ECC type DRAM integrity mode

SLOT
1 x AGP Pro slot with an extra power-in socket
1.5V/1.6V/1.7V AGP Pro voltage adjustable
5 x PCI slots support 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
1 x AMR (Audio Modem Riser) slot

I/O
2 x UDMA ATA100 IDE RAID connectors for RAID 0 and RAID 1
2 x UDMA ATA 66/100 bus master IDE ports on board
1 x FDD, 2 x COM, 1 x LPT, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse on board
1 x joystick, 1 x line-in, 1 x line-out and 1 x MIC on board
2 x USB ports on board, 2 x USB ports by cable (cable optional)
IrDA TX / RX header

POWER
ATX power connector
Power-on by LAN, RTC, Modem & Switch
Power-off by Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/NT shut down & Switch

FORM FACTOR
ATX form factor, 4 layers PCB ( 30.5*24.4 cm)

H/W MONITORING
Auto speed down and alarm when CPU overheat or fan failure (OS independent & driverless)
4 cooling fan connectors
Stop CPU fan in suspend mode
System health status detect & report by BIOS
H/W detect & report Power-in voltage, CPU voltage and CMOS battery status

BIOS
Dual AWARD BIOS, 2 x 2M bit flash ROM, enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/WinMe compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) & Anti-Virus functions
IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP & CD-ROM bootable
AC recovery ON/OFF control
Auto-detect & report system health status
Supports DualBIOS™ & @BIOS™

OTHER FEATURES
Suspend-To-RAM (STR); Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
Supports Internal / External Modem Ring On
Supports USB KB/MS Wake up from S3
Provides 4 fan power connectors
Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection
Supports EasyTune III™

DRIVER
AMD service pack utility
Creative PCI sound driver
Hardware monitor utility

*There speed settings are not guaranteed by GIGABYTE.
The specifiction and pictures are subject to change without notice.
All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.

 

[krusty]

I know... you're all lost for words... ain't it wonderful.

 

[Outlaw69]

how much cunt? errm I mean..krusty

 

[krusty]

NZ$300 and some change, dont be jealous, just buy more beer Outtie

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by krusty
NZ$300 and some change, dont be jealous, just buy more beer Outtie

that equals how much USD??

 

[Outlaw69]

Well, wouldn't ya know it...I bought a mobo today too.

FEATURES

CPU


Supports Socket-A (Socket 462) for AMD Athlon and Duron Processors
Supports Athlon Processors from 700 MHz to 1.5 GHz and Higher
Supports Duron Processors from 600 MHz to 800 MHz and Higher
Supports Adjustable Vcore & VIO

Chipset


ALiMAGiK 1 chipset composed of M1647 North Bridge and M1535D+ South Bridge
100/133MHz Front Side Bus (200/266 DDR)
Dual-channel bus master IDE interfaces with Ultra DMA33/66/100



Slots

1 x AGP Pro Slot (AGP 4X/2X Mode; 32-bit/66 MHz AGP Protocol)
5 x PCI 2.2 Bus Master Slots
1 x AMR Slot (shared)


Memory

3 x 168-pin DIMM Sockets for standard SDRAM (PC133/PC100)
2 x 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM (PC1600/PC2100)
Supports PC133/PC100 SDRAM upto 3Gb
Supports PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM up to 2Gb


Onboard Hardware & Miscellaneous
Supports DDR 266/200 MHz FSB
Dual ATA 100/66/33 IDE Channels

Supports ATAPI IDE CD-ROM, ZIP-100 & LS-120
Chassis Intrusion support
SPDIF digital audio input/output support
ASUS PC Health Monitoring and ASUS PC Probe software
ASUS iPanel/iProbe support



System BIOS and Functions

2 Mb EEPROM with Flash Protection
Asus 'JumperFree' (TM)
PC99 Compliant
Supports Plug and Play (PnP)
Supports ACPI 1.0
Supports APM 1.2
Supports DMI 2.1 RTC Alarm
Wake ON LAN (WOL)
Wake ON Modem (WOM)
Windows 2000/98/95 Power Off


Board layout showing 3 SDR DIMMs and 2 DDR DIMMs
I/O Interface

1 x FDD (Floppy Port)
2 x ATA/100/66/33 IDE Ports
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x Parallel Port
2 x Serial Ports
6 x USB Ports
3 x Audio Ports (Line-IN/Line-OUT/MIC)
1 x Game/MIDI Port
1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
1 x Internal IR Header
1 x SMBus Header