SOYO-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Motherboard (Platinum Edition)

 

Manufactured by: SOYO

 

Price: ~US$165

 

Reviewed by:

 

Date : October 12th 2002


Specifications & Installation 


Processor
* Supports AMD Socket-A type processors, including AthlonXP, Athlon and Duron (up to 2600+; 2700+/2800+ ready)

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

Warranty
All SOYO products are designed to offer stability and flexibility, and are tested to ensure highest reliability. We offer a 1 year limited warranty on this SOYO product.

Recommended Memory

* Mushkin 256MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM, Unbuffered
* Secret promotional code enclosed inside each SOYO KT400 DRAGON Ultra box for special pricing on Mushkin DDR400 modules
* Instant Rebate available through Fry's Electronics Stores and Fry's Outpost.com
* For a complete list of compatible DDR400 and DDR333 memory, please go to our Knowledge Base

Features

* Optional serial ATA support via riser cards
* Anti Burn Regulator to prevent system from overheating
* CPU core voltage, FSB & multiplier adjustable via BIOS setup
* Adjustable DIMM voltage
* Adjustable AGP Pro Voltage
* Flexible PCI Divider and APIC/IRQ Sharing Options
* Supports High-speed USB 2.0 ports
* Supports Smart Card Reader Connector
* Supports Wake On LAN (WOL) function to simplify network management
* SOYO Wizard On Hand II Function: CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1 MHz increment
* Suspend to RAM, Suspend to Disk

Bonus Inside

* Bonus SPDIF audio connector
* Bonus Sigma Box (SB-K7VXBP) featuring Combination Compact Flash/Smart Media reader/writer & two front USB 2.0 ports
* Bonus 8-in-1 CD including Norton Anti-Virus 2002, Ghost 2002, Adobe ActiveShare, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat eBook Reader, WinDVD 2000, and trials/samples of AutoSave and Imagemore
* Three (3) ATA-133 IDE cables

 

Installation

We had no issues while installing the board. Everything worked perfectly as expected. The included manual is highly detailed and covers almost every part of the installation process. After a quick installation of the drivers we were ready to test the board out. Windows update might provide certain newer drivers for the LAN and Audio drivers, so after everything is installed get these updates as well.

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