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Abit BX6 Motherboard Review
June 1, 1998
By Scott Wainner
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Specifications
Form Factor ATX Board Size 305 mm x 245 mm CPU Intel Pentium II (Klamath) Processor CPU Speeds Supported 133MHz to 665MHz (that's no misprint!) Bus Speeds Supported 66MHz, 75MHz, 83MHz, 100MHz, 112MHz, 133MHz (112 and 133 are unofficially supported) Clock Multipliers Supported 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x System Memory Four 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM Second-level Cache On the CPU Chipset Intel 82443BX Expansion Slots 3 ISA, 4 PCI, and 1 AGP (2x support) Serial Port Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible Parallel Port One parallel port supports standard parallel port (SPP), enhanced parallel port (EPP) or extended capabilities port (ECP). Floppy Interface Floppy Interface supports 3.5 in. drives in the 720KB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB format (incl. mode 3 floppy), or 5.25 in. drives in the 360KB, or 1.2MB format. IDE Interface Ultra DMA/33 bus master IDE supports up to 4 IDE devices (Including LS-120 MB floppy drive) USB Interface Two built-in USB conectors. PS/2 Mouse Mini-Din PS/2 mouse connector onboard. Keyboard Mini-Din PS/2 keyboard connector onboard. BIOS AWARD Plug-and-Play Flah ROM BIOS Supports ACPI and DMI. Misc. Reserved circuitry for LDCM feature, PC97/98 Compliant.
BIOS Setup Options
BIOS Features Setup Options Virus Warning Enabled, Disabled CPU Internal Cache: Enabled, Disabled External Cache: Enabled, Disabled Quick Power On Self Test: Enabled, Disabled Boot Sequence: A, C, SCSI (choices for any order) Swap Floppy Drive: Enabled, Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek: Enabled, Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status: On, Off IDE HDD Block Mode: Enabled, Disabled Typematic Rate Setting: Enabled, Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): 6 through 30 Typematic Delay (Msec): 250 through 1000 Security Option: Enabled, Disabled PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Setup, System OS Select for DRAM > 64MB: OS/2, Non-OS/2 Report No FDD for Win 95: Yes, No Delay IDE Initial (sec): 0 to 15 Video BIOS Shadow: Enabled, Disabled C8000 - CBFFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: Enabled, Disabled
Advanced Chipset Setup Options SDRAM CAS Latency Time: 2, 3, Auto DRAM Data Integrity Mode: ECC, Non-ECC System BIOS Cacheable: Enabled, Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable: Enabled, Disabled Video RAM Cacheable: Enabled, Disabled 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 1 through 8 16-bit Recovery Time: 1 through 4 Memory Hole at 15M-16M: Enabled, Disabled Passive Release: Enabled, Disabled Delayed Transaction: Enabled, Disabled AGP Aperture Size (MB): 4 to 256 Spread Spectrum Modulated: Enabled, Disabled
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