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Hardware & Systems : Chips & Upgrades: Abit BX6 Motherboard Review


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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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