Abit BH6 Motherboard Review
November 30, 1998
By Joel Kleppinger
I'm going to make this easy for all of you. This is absolutely the best Intel BX-based board I've ever seen. You don't even have to read the rest of the review, though I think you'll want to. The Abit BH6 is simply the best. Abit began with the BX6, an overclocker's dream, and added another PCI slot, a new CPU Soft Menu II option, and another Front Side Bus Speed, 124MHz, onto it to create an awesome motherboard, the BH6. It's just impossible not to like this board.
Features
CPUs Supported
Pentium II 233-450+, Celeron (A) 266-448+ (Well, you know :))
Three 168-pin DIMM sockets supporting SDRAM, 384 MB max. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128 MB) (Although Dan Chadwick of Tweakit on Tuesday, November 24, reported that a 256MB DIMM worked fine on the BH6. A 512MB DIMM reported itself as a 256MB (both DIMMs are PC100 SDRAM). )
Expansion Slots
1 AGP 2x, 5 PCI, 2 ISA (All Full-length)
Internal/External I/O
Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB and mode 3 floppies
Ultra DMA/33 IDE supports up to 4 devices (Including LS-120)
Two built-in external USB connectors
Two 16550 fast UART serial ports
Built-in Standard/ECP/EPP parallel port
PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
IrDA Infrared port header (not external)
Wake-On-LAN header
SB-LINK header
Form Factor
ATX: 305mm x 190mm (12"x7.4")
Miscellaneous
Award BIOS w/ CPU SOFT MENU™ II
Supports ACPI and DMI
Motherboard temp, CPU fan speed, and voltages monitoring
Year 2000 compliant
Boot Options
A, C, SCSI C, A, SCSI C, CD-ROM, A CD-ROM, C, A D, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) E, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) F, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) SCSI, A, C SCSI, C, A A, SCSI, C LS/ZIP, C
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