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EliteGroup Computer Systems K7VTA3 v3.1
Stephen Cooper, July 22nd, 2002
..:: Introduction ::..
EliteGroup Computer Systems, more commonly known as simply ECS is extremely well known for their line of cost effective mainboard solutions. To put it plainly, there are very few that have the capability to offer the price to performance level that is brought to the table by ECS. This, among other reasons is why ECS is frequently swapping spots with Asus as the leader in mainboard production. Another factor that makes ECS mainboards stand out has to be their use of a purple PCB. When the mod craze started, we saw several manufacturers begin to use different color PCB’s in an attempt to expand their market, and it has been fairly successful. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the ECS K7VTA3 v3.1 motherboard based off of VIA’s renowned KT333 chipset. Can this budget board surpass our older, high performance A7V266-E? Let’s find out.
..:: Specifications ::..
Processor
462 pin Socket A supports the AMD® Athlon (K7) processors
Full series of Athlon XP / Athlon / Duron processors
Chipset
VIA KT333 (NB) & VT8233A (SB) Chipset
LPC I/O - IT8705F
System Hardware Monitor: Integrated in IT8705F
AC97 Audio Codec (Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification)
Memory
Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR333)
Up to 3GB memory size
Expansion Slots
1 AGP 4X slot (supports 1.5V and 3.3V AGP 1X/2X/4X cards)
5 PCI slots
1 CNR
Onboard LAN
Realtek RTL8100B 10/100 Base-T Fast Ethernet Controller
Onboard Audio
AC'97 2.2 two channel codec
Onboard USB
VIA VT8233A USB 1.1 support
VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 (Optional)
I/O
2 USB ports
2 serial ports
1 parallel port
1 PS/2 mouse port
1 PS/2 keyboard port
1 Game/MIDI port
1 RJ-45 LAN Port
3 Audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in
BIOS
Award 2Mb Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, AMP 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification
Onboard IDE
ATA/133/100/66
2 IDE connectors
Onboard RAID
Promise 20265 Controller
ATA/100/66/33
2 IDE connectors
Form Factor
ATX (4 layers)
30.5cm x 22cm
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