Author: Paul Petersson
Date: 22:02:22 11/13/00
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On November 13, 2000 at 13:40:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >I'm sorry to bother you with this, but I am a total computer illiterate. >Tomorrow I will get a new machine with a motherboard I never heard about and I >thought that before paying it would be a good idea to see if some of you can >tell me if it is any good. It's a Microstar (MSI) 694D Pro with dual Pentium III >933 and 768MB RAM. > >Thanks, Enrique > > It's not a bad choise as long as you remember that it uses the VIA 694X chipset which is a bit slower (about 5%) than even the old Intel BX chipset. Paul >Description: >Dual Socket 370 motherboard based on VIA 694X chipset, with Promise ATA-100 >controller option > >CPU: >Two Socket 370 for Dual Intel Coppermine Processor or single Celeron processor. >Supports 233 MHz, 266 MHz, 300 MHz, 333 MHz, 350 MHz, 400 MHz, 450 MHz, 500 MHz, >533 MHz, 667 MHz, 700 MHz, 733 MHz, 800 MHz, and 866 MHz or faster Processor >Memory: >Support eight memory banks using four 168-pin unbuffered DIMM. Support a maximum >memory size of 2.0GB. Support ECC (1-bit Error Checking & Correction) function. >Support 3.3v SDRAM DIMM. >Slots: >One AGP 4x (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot. AGP specification compliant. AGP >66/133 MHz 3.3v device support. One CNR (Communication Networking Riser) slot. >Five 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface. >Audio: >Integrated Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 Audio >Form Factor: >ATX Form Factor >BIOS: >The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS wich detects the peripheral >devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. The mainboard provides a >Desktop Mangement Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard >specifications. >Chipset: >VIA 694X Chipset (510 BGA), P-II FSB @ 133MHz, AGP 4x and PCI plus Advanced ECC >Memory Controller, Support PC 100/133 SDRAM, VCM, & ESDRAM technology, VIA >VT82C686A chipset (352 BGA), Advanced Power Management Features, DirectSound >AC97 Audio, Dual bus Master IDE Ultra DMA 33/66, 1394 PHY Controller (Optional), >TI TSB41V02 PHY Digital-to-Analog Transceiver, Support up to Two 1394/1394A v >2.0 Compatible Data Channels >On-Board IDE: >An IDE controller on the VIA(R) VT82C686A Chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with >PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33/66 operation modes. >694D Pro-A comes with Promise ATA-100 controller and 694D Pro-AR comes both with >Promise ATA-100 controller and RAID. >On-Board Peripherals: >On-Board Peripherals include: 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360k, 720K, >1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. 2 serial ports (COMA + COMB). 1 parallel port >supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode. 4 USB ports. 1 IrDA/HP connector for SIR. >IEEE-1394: >OPTIONAL1394 PHY Controller (Optional), TI TSB41LV02 PHY Digital-to-Analog >Transceiver, Support up to Two 1394/1394A v 2.0 Compatible Data Channels, 1394 >Link Layer Controller (Optional), TI TSB12LV26 1394 Link Layer Host Controller, >IEEE 1394, 1394 OCHI v 1.0 & 1394A V2.0 Compatible, Supports 100/200/400 Mbps >High Throughput, 3.3V & 5V Operation for PCI to 1394 Interface
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