Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition
Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition
Price: £160 at time of writing
Site: www.soyousa.com for information
Uses: Latest motherboard technology
I wont bother to include details about the KT400 chipset as the chances are most of you know all about it by now.
I hadnt heard much from Soyo untill about 6 months ago when i started taking an intrest in their products, I also noticed that a well known overclock retailer had started stocking their products.
So lets begin with the packaging - the packaging is first class you get a 'usual' white box which is slightly larger than the norm you get a conveinent handle and a very eye catching box sleeve
Inside the box:
- 1 mainboard - 1 manual
- 8-in-1 CD - Norton Anti-Virus,Ghost 2002, Adobe ActiveShare & Reader
- Three (3) ATA-133 IDE cables
- SPDIF audio connector
- Sigma Box includes Compact Flash/Smart Media reader/writer & two front USB 2.0 ports
Board Specifications:
Chipset Type
VIA KT400
Chipset Description
VIA KT400 / 8235 chipset
Supports 200/266 MHz FSB
Graphics Info
AGP Pro slot supporting 8X AGP
Form Factor
ATX
Memory Type
DDR400/333 SDRAM
Memory Description
Three DDR 2.5V DIMM sockets support up to 3GB (DDR 333/266/200, 2GB for DDR 400)
184-pin PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC, unbuffered DDR SDRAM memory
Expansion Slots
Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant)
One Universal 8X AGP Pro slot (supports 8x/4x modes)
Expansion Slot Types
Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI
IDE Type
UDMA 66/100/133
IDE Description
Optional serial ATA support (rated at 150 MB/sec) through the use of riser cards
Four independent channels for 8 IDE devices (2 for RAID)
Supports up to PIO mode 5 & Ultra DMA 66/100/133
Two PCI bus mastering ATA E-IDE ports
Audio Description
On board CMI 8738 audio chip providing 6-channel audio solution
Supports optical output & SPDIF output
IO Port Description
Two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART compatible)
One parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
One FDD port (supports 3 modes, 1.2/1.44/2.88MB FDD)
Provides IrDA with optional cable for transceiver
Provides 6 USB 2.0 ports (2* rear, 4*front)
IO Connection Description
PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports
Two USB 2.0 ports
One RJ45 connector
Two D-Sub 9-pin male serial ports
One D-Sub 25-pin female printer port
Audio I/O: LINE-OUT x 1, LINE-IN x 1, MIC JACK x 1
One game port
BIOS Description
Award PCI BIOS with ACPI function
Supports multiple-boot from E-IDE / SCSI / CD-ROM / FDD / LS120 / ZIP
2 Mbyte Flash ROM
Health Monitoring Description
On board voltage monitors
CPU fan speed monitor
CPU fan speed monitor
CPU temperature monitoring through flexible thermal sensor
CPU overheating protection
Dimension Description
Four layers, 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm (12" x 9.6")
ATX form factor
Certification
FCC Class B & CE EMI Regulation Compliant. PC99 Compliant
Compatibilities
WinXP / Win2000 / WinNT / WinME / Win98SE / Linux / FreeBSD
