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Soyo SY-6VBA Via Apollo Pro133
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Features As expansion is concerned, this board has adopted a 5/2/1 design. Thus, we find 5 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot, and 1 AGP port. As well, its 4 168-pin DIMM sockets can accommodate up to 1GB of memory. Clearly, Soyo has aimed for a maximum in expansion and flexibility. As for configuring the SY-6VBA, we head straight for the "Soyo Combo Setup" menu, but a glance towards the jumpers are a good preamble. Jumpers JP8 and JP9 determine the base frequency of the processor, while jumpers JP2 and JP7 set the base frequency for the system bus and determines the bus ratio for the AGP port. The options provided by these jumpers are 66Mhz, 100Mhz, and 133Mhz, and 1, 1.5, and 2 for the AGP bus ratio. Depending on the option selected by jumpers JP2 and JP7, its possible to modify the clock frequency in the "Soyo Combo and 122Mhz (if
they're set at 100Mhz), or between 124Mhz and 155Mhz (if they're set at
133Mhz). The clock frequencies thus available are: 66 - 75 - 78 - 81 - 83 -
90 - 95 - 100 - 105 - 110 - 112 - 113 - 115 - 117 - 118 - 120 - 122 - 124 -
126 - 133 - 135 - 137 - 140 - 142 - 144 - 150 and 155Mhz. Additional features we find with the SY-6VBA include: Wake on LAN, Power On by modem or alarm, PS/2 connectors for mice and keyboards, USB connectors, an RX/TX connector for infrared, Power On by the keyboard, a "Power Failure Resume" function, and hardware monitoring including monitoring of ventilator speed, CPU temperature and of environmental temperatures. The ATA66 mode for hardrives is also supported, and an 80 pin connector cable is supplied for this purpose. Below, a photo of the Soyo SY-6VBA motherboard gives us a good idea of its components layout.
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Installation Thanks to its jumperless design, the Soyo SY-6VBA is a breeze to install. All that is required, is to determine the bus frequency via jumpers JP8 and JP9, and the AGP bus ratio via jumpers JP2 and JP7. The rest is done in the "Soyo Combo Setup" menu in the BIOS.
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The Software Bundle The software and applications included with the Soyo SY-6VBA are: VIA 4-in-1 drivers, Winbond Hardware Doctor and a CD version of the user's manual. A second CD includes Norton Antivirus, Norton Ghost, and Norton Virtual Drive. In my opinion, Soyo are offering the most generous software bundle accompanying a motherboard...
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Extended Functions
for Greater Value! Designed with VIA's KX133 chipset, the EP-7KXA is a high quality motherboard built by EPoX in the industry standard ATX format. In addition to the AGP interface for high performance graphics, this board offers five industry standard PCI, one ISA, one 4x compatible AGP expansion buses as well as many other advanced system and BIOS features. For full feature system designs, the Apollo Pro Plus is paired with the VIA VT82C686 super south bridge. Highly advanced, the EP-7KXA combines integrated AC-97 audio support for SoundBlaster Pro and FM synthesis legacy audio, super I/O, and hardware monitoring capabilities. Two bus mastering ATA 33/66 EIDE ports are provided plus a floppy disk port supporting two drives of any industry standard capacity including 2.88MB as well as 1.44MB and lower capacity types. In addition an IrDa infrared port allows the connection of remote devices. Plus this mainboard is already equipped with the new Intel standardized Audio-Modem-Riser Slot (AMR) providing connectors for Audio and Modem at the system's I/O backplane. Note: EP-K7VA has been renamed and is now referred to as EP-7KXA.
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Extended Functions
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(Actual board may differ from picture.)
Supports Socket 370 Processors. VIA Apollo Pro133 AGPset Winbond Super Multi I/O Controller. USB. Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable. Standard ATX form factor. UltraDMA-66 EIDE Controllers. (Up
to 4 IDE devices). 66/100MHz Front Side Bus. 3x DIMM Slots for SDRAM. PS/2 connectors. 4 (32-bit) PCI, 1 ISA, 1 AGP &
1 AMR slots. Onchip AC-97 Audio. Manual available for download! 850KB. |
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* Supports Socket 7 Processors. VIA MVP3 AGPset. Winbond Super Multi I/O Controller. USB.
Standard Baby AT form factor. UltraDMA-33 EIDE Controllers. (Up
to 4 IDE devices).
3x DIMM Slots for SDRAM. PS/2 connectors. 4 (32-bit) PCI, 2 ISA & 1 AGP. Onboard cache. EP-MVP3C manual available for download! 865KB.
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Extended Functions for Greater Value! The EP-MVP3C and EP-MVP3C2 equipped with VIA MVP3 chipset, an AGPset offering 100MHz bus frequency for upcoming K6 3D or Cyrix M2 CPUs, are based on ZIF socket 7 CPUs operating at 166-550MHz.* By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and processor, the unique feature of AGP, supported by MVP3 chipset, improves the speed of rendering and texture for 3D graphics. It supports selected ACPI Power Management functions meeting the requirements of the PC97 specification and Microsoft's Windows 98 power usage savings for the system and peripherals. Moreover, the on-board Ultra DMA-33 Hard Drive interface combines the lower cost IDE form-factor with SCSI-like data transfer speeds - up to a blistering 33MB/sec! Works great with Cyrix and AMD K6-III processors! (Ultra DMA-66 available on the EP-MVP3C2.) * - Due to the possibility of processor (CPU) design changes beyond our control, "Frequency support" is not a strict guarantee of future processor support. (7-1999)
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(Actual board may differ from picture.) * Supports Socket 7 Processors. VIA Apollo MVP3 AGPset. Winbond Super Multi I/O Controller. USB. Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable. Standard ATX form factor. UltraDMA EIDE Controllers. (Up to 4
IDE devices). 66/75/83/95/100MHz Host Bus. 3x DIMM Slots for SDRAM. PS/2 connectors.
Onboard cache. Manual available for download! 964KB. |
Extended Functions
for Greater Value! The EP-MVP3G series equipped with VIA MVP3 chipset, an AGPset offering 100MHz bus frequency for upcoming K6 3D or Cyrix M2 CPUs, are based on ZIF socket 7 CPUs. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and processor, the unique feature of AGP, supported by MVP3 chipset, improves the speed of rendering and texture for 3D graphics. It supports selected ACPI Power Management functions meeting the requirements of the PC97 specification and Microsoft's Windows 98 power usage savings for the system and peripherals. Two bus mastering EIDE ports are provided plus a floppy disk port supporting two drives of any industry standard capacity including 2.88MB and LS/120 as well as 1.44MB and lower capacity types. Works great with Cyrix and AMD K6-III processors. The EP-MVP3G2 and EP-MVP3G5 models provide ATA-66 UltraDMA controllers. * - Due to the possibility of processor (CPU) design changes beyond our control, "Frequency support" is not a strict guarantee of future processor support. (7-1999)
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* VIA Apollo MVP4 AGPset. Super Multi I/O Controller. USB. Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable. Standard ATX form factor. UltraDMA-66 EIDE Controllers. (Up
to 4 IDE devices). 66/75/83/95/100MHz Host Bus. 3x DIMM Slots for SDRAM. PS/2 connectors. 4 (32-bit) PCI & 2 ISA. Onboard cache. Onchip AGP video & audio. Manual available for download! 863KB.
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Extended Functions
for Greater
Value! Designed with VIA's MVP4 chipset, the EP-MVP4A is a high quality motherboard built by EPoX in the industry standard ATX format. Including the AGP graphics controller integrated in VIA's MVP4 Super Northbridge, this board offers four industry standard PCI and two ISA expansion buses as well as many other advanced system and BIOS features. The VIA MVP4 chipset integrates an AGP 2.0 compliant 2D/3D AGP graphics controller into the north bridge. Packed with features, the controller incorporates a 64-bit 2D/3D graphics engine and video accelerator. The controller supports Win95 and Win98/NT5 miniport drivers. For full feature system designs, the Apollo MVP4 is paired with the VIA VT82C686 super south bridge. Highly advanced, the south bridge combines an integrated 2D/3D engine, AC-97 audio support for SoundBlaster Pro and FM synthesis legacy audio, super I/O, and hardware monitoring capabilities. Two bus mastering ATA 33/66 EIDE ports are provided plus a floppy disk port supporting two drives of any industry standard capacity including 2.88MB and LS/120 as well as 1.44MB and lower capacity types. * - Due to the possibility of processor (CPU) design changes beyond our control, "Frequency support" is not a strict guarantee of future processor support. (7-1999)
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