Specifications
It's up to motherboard manufacturers to take features provided by the KT400 chipset and amalgamate them into a workable motherboard. Let's now look at the Shuttle AK37 GT/R's detailed specifications to see what it brings to the features table.
Processors
- Supports Socket A (Socket 462) for AMD® Athlon™ / Athlon XP / Duron™ processor
- Supports 600MHz up to 2133MHz processor and higher (Thoroughbred compatible)
- Support for 200 / 266FSB processors.
Chipset
- Northbridge: VIA KT400
- Southbridge: VIA VT8235
System Memory
- 3 x 184pin DDR
- DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR33 /DDR400 support @ 2.5v
- 4GB maximum system RAM (non-ECC) 3GB if using PC2700 memory
Slots
- One AGP 8x AGP compliant (0.8v, 1.5v and 3.3v support)
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
On-board peripherals
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD
- 2 serial ports
- 1 parallel port
- 1 iRDA connector
- PS/2 Keyboard
- PS/2 Mouse
- 3 Audio Jacks (ALC650)
- VIA 10/100 on-board Ethernet
- Game Port
- 6 x USB 2.0 connectors from VT8235 SB (2 on-board + 4 by additional brackets)
- Headers for S/PDIF and USB2.0
- 4 fan headers
Audio
- Realtek ALC650 6-channel sound, supports S/PDIF out.
On-board IDE
- An IDE controller on the VIA VT8235 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66/ operation modes
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
- Highpoint HPT372 IDE RAID controller, 2 channels providing support for 4 IDE devices.
- ATA133 support
- RAID 0, 1, 0+1 modes available.
- Marvell Serial ATA 2-channel interface capable of 1.5Gbps (shared with IDE RAID)
BIOS & Voltages
- Award BIOS
- FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 200Mhz (quad-pumped)
- 1.1v - 2.40v Vcore adjustable in 0.025v increments
- 2.5v - 2.85v Vmem adjustable in 0.1v increments
- 1.5 - 1.8v AGP Voltage adjustable in 0.1v increments
- 4/1, 5/1 FSB:PCI dividers.
Quite a lot to digest here, I'll do that over the next few pages as we look at the packaging, layout, and BIOS options.
