SOYO-KT600 DRAGON Ultra Motherboard (Platinum Edition)

 

Manufactured by: SOYO

 

Price: ~US$186

 

Reviewed by:

 

Date : August 25th 2003


The board

Today we take a look at one of the newest KT600 based boards to enter the market by SOYO, namely the KT600 Dragon Ultra. SOYO has gained much reputation over their Dragon Ultra series of boards in the past, so lets see what this board has in store for us.


Specifications

(Directly taken from SOYO website)

Chipset Type

* VIA KT600
Chipset Description
*VIA KT600 / 8237 chipset
*Supports 266/333/400 MHz FSB
Graphics Info
**AGP Pro slot supporting up to 8X AGP
** Adjutable voltage (1.5v - 1.8v)
Form Factor
** ATX
Memory Type
** DDR400/333 SDRAM
Memory Description
** Three DDR 2.5V DIMM sockets support up to 3GB with 266 memory setting. PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC, unbuffered DDR SDRAM memory
** Click here for memory speed/CPU FSB compatibility information
Expansion Slots
** Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant)
** One Universal 8X AGP slot (supports 8x/4x modes)
Expansion Slot Types
** Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI
IDE Type
** UDMA 66/100/133
IDE Description
** 2 channels Parallel ATA IDE ports
** 4 channels Serial ATA IDE ports
** Supports RAID 0, 1
** Supports up to PIO mode 5 & Ultra DMA 100/133
IEEE1394 Description
** 3 ports (2 pin header) VIA 6306 chipset
Audio Description
** On board CMI 8738 audio chip providing
** 6-channel audio with a SPDIF audio connector (Included)
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 8 USB 2.0 ports (4* rear, 4 pin header)
** Provides 3 IEEE 1394 (1 port, 2 pin header)
IO Connection Description
** PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports
** Four USB 2.0 ports
** One IEEE 1394 port
** One embedded Broadcom RJ45 LAN connector (10/100/1000) GbE
** 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 (Pin Header)
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 temperature monitoring through 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.

Features


** Anti Burn Regulator to prevent system from overheating CPU core voltage, FSB & multiplier adjustable via BIOS setup via DIP switch
* *Serial ATA
* *RAID 0/ RAID 1 capability
* *Adjustable DIMM voltage
* *Adjustable AGP Voltage
* *Flexible PCI Divider and APIC/IRQ Sharing Options
* *Supports High-speed USB 2.0 ports
* *Supports IEEE 1394
* *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 via DIP switch
* *Suspend to RAM, Suspend to Disk
* *Supports Gigabyte LAN
* *Front panel CMOS reset button
* *Multi-flash memory card reader

Package Content



* *BayOne AVI PLUS 6-in-1 memory flash reader with CMOS reset button, two USB 2.0 and two IEEE 1394 ports.
* *Bonus 8-in-1 CD including Norton Anti-Virus 2003, Ghost 2003, Adobe ActiveShare, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat eBook Reader, Personal Firewall, and trials/samples of AutoSave and Imagemore
* *One (1) 34-pin FDD cable
* *One (1) 80-pin HDD cable
* *Two (2) S-ATA cable
* *SPDIF Audio card
* *Thermal paste
* *I/O back plate


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