The SOYO SY-K7V Dragon is a Socket-A board based on the VIA KT266. This board is geared toward the overclocking market with plenty of feature, which we will explore later in this review. One thing to note about this board is that it used VIAs KT266 chipset which is competitive slower against AMD 760/1 and SiS 735 chipsets. The newer chipset VIA KT266A was not used on this board, which is supposed to be the fastest chipset after ousting the short, lived SiS 735. Lets take a more detailed look into this new SOYO board.
MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATIONS
DESCRIPTION
200/266MHz System Interface Speed AMD Socket-A based VIA KT266 ATX
Motherboard
D DR SDRAM
R AID controller on board
A udio on board, with 6-chanel Hardware Audio
G raphic, Universal AGP Pro slot
O verclocking, setup FSB by 1MHz increment
N etwork, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
PROCESSOR
Supports AMD Socket-A type Processor
Including Duron & Athlon CPUs (1.5 GHz ready)
CHIPSET
VIA KT-266(8366/8233) chipsets
Support 200/266 MHz FSB
SYSTEM MEMORY
Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets Support up to 3GB
EXPANSION SLOTS
Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant)
One Universal AGP Pro slot (support 1x/2x/4x mode)
On Board Audio Subsystem
On board CMI 8738 Audio chip to provide 6 channels audio solution
Supports optical output & SPDIF output
On Board Ultra I/O CHIP
Two RS-232 Serial Ports (16550 UART compatible)
One Parallel Printer Port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
One FDD port (supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD)
Provides IrDA port with optional cable for transceiver
Provides 6 USB ports (2 rear, 4 front)
Ultra DMA IDE Ports
independent channels for eight IDE devices (two for Raid)
Supports up to PIO mode 5 & UDMA 33/66/100
Two PCI bus mastering ATA E-IDE ports
Boot-Block Flash BIOS
Award PCI BIOS with ACPI function
Supports multiple-boot from E-IDE/SCSI/CD-ROM/FDD LS120/ZIP
2M byte Flash ROM
Board Dimensions
Four Layer PCB, 30.5cm x 23cm(12" x 9.05")
ATX form factor
Enhanced PC Health Monitoring
On-board voltage monitors for +3.3, +5V, +12V, Vcore,(TBD)
CPU fan speed monitor (TBD)
CPU temperature monitoring through flexible thermal sensor (TBD)
DOUBLE STACK BACK-PANEL I/O CONNECTORS
PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports
2 USB ports
One RJ45 connector
Two D-Sub 9-pin male serial port
One D-Sub 25-pin female printer port
Audio I/O: LINE-OUT x1, LINE-IN x1, MIC JACK x1
One Game port
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