All boards of the company have quite striking colors - this time a red
PCB comes with lilac connectors for memory modules and a bright blue heatsink
on the north bridge. The board ships in the OEM package.
Accessories:
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Package: standard design;
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Documentation: user manual in English;
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Cables: 1 ATA66/100/133 and FDD;
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CD with software including:
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drivers;
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PC-Cillin 2000;
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Magic BIOS;
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Recovery Genius;
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Award WinFlash;
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several system monitoring utilities;
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DirectX 7 and 8.
The layout is good; but there are some downsides: audio-ins are between
the AGP and the rear panel, and the lower left-hand corner is overcrowded
with connectors. It can be difficult to reach some jumpers when the board
is already installed. Their functions are shown on the textolite.
The 3-channel switching voltage regulator incorporates 11 capacitors
of 1500 uF.
The following controllers are integrated:
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audio controller based on the Avance Logic ALC201A AC'97 codec with a connector
for front audio-outs.
Non-unsoldered connectors: AUX-In, TAD and USB2 and several configuration
jumpers.
The system monitoring is supported by the Winbond W83627HF chip. What
is controlled:
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processor voltage, +3.3, +5 and +/-12 V, VBAT and +5 V Standby;
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speed of 2 fans;
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temperatures of the processor (a built-in sensor) and the board (a built-in
sensor).
There are 2 connectors for adjustable and 1 for unadjustable connection
of fans.
Brief characteristics of the board: memory slots - 3 DDR SDRAM;
expansion slots - AGP/ 5 PCI/ CNR; I/O ports - 2 COM/ LPT/ 2 PS/2/ 4 USB
1.1; dimensions - 305x210 mm.
Adjustment can be carried out with:
| jumpers and switches |
Jumper to clear up the CMOS |
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| Jumper to choose a FSB frequency |
100/133 MHz |
| Switches for setting processor's multiplier |
Auto, x5-x12.5 |
| Jumper for starting up computer from PS/2 devices |
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| BIOS based on the 6.00PG version from Award |
Setup of memory timings |
+ |
RAS Active Time, RAS Precharge Time, RAS To CAS Delay, CAS Latency,
Bank Interleave, DRAM Queue Depth, DRAM Command Rate |
| Setup of memory frequency |
+ |
100, 133 and 166 MHz |
| Setup of AGP bus |
+ |
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| Setup of PCI bus |
+ |
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| Changeable scaler of AGP and PCI buses |
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| Manual assignment of interrupts |
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| Changeable FSB frequency |
+ |
100-200 MHz in 1 MHz steps |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
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| Changeable core voltage |
+ |
1.625-1.85 V in 0.025V steps |
| Changeable memory voltage |
+ |
2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 V |
| Changeable chipset voltage |
- |
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| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
+ |
1.5 and 1.6 V |
We used the latest available version of the BIOS - A03.
This board can be recommended for a wide group of users - a traditionally
low price and rich capabilities became a good tradition of Jetway.
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