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Gigabyte GA-7VAX review


Alright this a motherboard which I know to some folks might be old now cuz we have via KT600 and KT800 motherboards, but I find this motherboard Gigabyte Ga-7VAX(P) to be one of the leading best in the via KT400 range chipset for budget folks or people looking for a decent product.

Description:

Processor
  1. Socket A for AMD Athlon™ XP / Athlon™ / Duron™ processor
Chipset
  1. Northbridge : VIA KT400
  2. Southbridge : VIA 8235
  3. Super I/O: ITE IT8705F
  4. Raeltek 8100BL Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN controller
  5. Realtek ALC650 AC97 6-channel codec Chip
  6. Dual BIOS
Front Side Bus
  1. 333/266/200 MHz FSB
Memory
  1. Type : DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) / DDR200 (PC1600) -184pin
  2. Max capacity : Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x FDD port
  2. 2 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports
  3. 2 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by front USB ports)
  4. 1 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket)
  5. Smart Card Reader connectors
  6. 2 x cooling fan pin header
Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x AGP slot (8X/4X, AGP 3.0 compliant) , Supports 1.5v display card only.
  2. 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
  1. PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
  2. 2 x USB 2.0 ports
  3. 2 x COM ports
  4. 1 x RJ45 LAN port
  5. Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector
  6. 1 x Game/midi port
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
  1. CPU FSB adjustable via BIOS (1MHz-linear)
  2. CPU multiplier by DIP Switch
  3. CPU Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
  4. AGP Voltage : N/A
  5. Memory Voltage : N/A
Power
  1. ATX power connector
  2. Power-off by Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ 2000/ NT/ XP shut down and Switch
Form Factor
  1. ATX, Dimension : ( 30.5 x 24.4 cm )
H/W Monitoring
  1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
  2. H/W detect and report power-in voltage, CPU voltage, and Fan Speed Support auto detect temperature thermal shutdown function
BIOS
  1. 2 x4 Mbit flash RAM
  2. Award BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/WinMe/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions
  3. IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable
  4. AC recovery ON/OFF control
Other Features
  1. GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS™
  2. Suspend-To-RAM (STR)
  3. Supports USB KB/MS Wake up from S3
  4. Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection
Bundle Software
  1. Norton Internet Security
  2. Adobe Acrobat Reader
  3. Adobe Acrobat e-Book Reader
Driver
  1. VIA 4 in 1 service pack utility
  2. Realtek LAN driver
  3. Realtek sound driver
  4. VIA USB 2.0 driver
  5. Winbond Smart IO driver
  6. Free software
 

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