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Processors
- Supports 754-pin Clawhammer-based CPUs
Chipset
- North bridge: VIA Apollo K8T800
- South bridge: VIA VT8237
System Memory
- 2 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
- DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333/ DDR400
support @ 2.50v - 2.60v
- 2GB maximum system RAM
Slots
- AGP slot, 8x AGP3.0 compliant
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
On-board peripherals - I/O
- 2 Serial ports
- 1 Parallel port
- 3 Audio Jacks for ALC655 CODEC
(6-speaker support)
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports (3COM 3C940
Gigabit Ethernet and VIA 6103 10/100 Ethernet)
- 4 x USB 2.0 connectors on the back
panel (4 available on the 8HDA3+)
- PS/2 ports
On-board storage
- An IDE controller on the VT8237
provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra
DMA133/100/66/33 operation modes
- Serial ATA/150 controller integrated
into VT8237 provides support for up to 2 SATA drives with RAID0 or
RAID1 formats or 4 with RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1 via the use of a
SATA-Lite PHY
- Silicon Image Sil3114 provides 4 x
ATA150 Serial ports (1 drive per port). Can be configured for
independent, RAID0, RAID1, or RAID0+1 running
Integrated Components
- 3COM 3C940 single-chip Gigabit
Ethernet
- VIA 6103 single-chip 10/100 Ethernet
- ALC655 AC'97 v2.3 jack-sensing 5.1
sound CODEC.
- Headers for another 4 USB2.0 ports
- 3 usable fan headers
- Debug LED
- IrDA, CD-In, Aux-In connectors
BIOS & Voltages
- EPoX PowerBIOS
- CPU clock speeds of 200Mhz - 250Mhz
- 1.35v - 1.75v Vcore. Voltage in
0.025v increments
- 2.5v - 2.8v Vmem adjustable in 0.05v
increments (differing asynchronous speeds available)
- 1.5v - 1.8v VAGP adjustment
Form Factor
Bundle
The accompanying bundle
was yet to finalised. We were sent the following:
Pre-OS floppy discs
containing drivers for both the VIA on-chip and Silicon Image SATA
controllers is a vital inclusion as it allows you to install an OS on a
virgin SATA drive. Further SATA goodies in the form of dual grey
connecting cables and SATA-to-MOLEX plugs are a necessity, too. An
interesting inclusion was the usual GAME port with a singe SATA port on
the same panel. Maybe for use with an external SATA drive, who knows. A
custom I/O shield and the driver disk containing all the various needed
drivers was present. The packaging and content may change over the next
few weeks, though.
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