ABIT VH6-II

Company: ABIT
Product: VH6-II Motherboard
Street Price: ~$95
Complete Motherboard Spec's: ABIT Spec's
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2001
Reviewed By: Jason

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Full Of Features & Inexpensive!:

ABIT has really outdone themselves with one of their latest offerings, the VH6-II. The VH6-II has a lot of similarities to the original VH6, however the main differences one notices is the use of ABIT's SOFTMENU III which allows FSB adjustments from 66-200MHz in 1MHz increments! They also incorporated the latest VIA 686B southbridge to allow for two channels of ATA/100 support. Other than that, the board incorporates just about all the same physical characteristics as its predecessor.

There is a standard AGP slot (supporting 4x AGP), one AMR slot, 5 PCI slots with one being shared with a single ISA slot. The board has three DIMM slots supporting a maximum of 1.5GB of RAM. You can also find on-board audio support through the AC'97 CODEC (nothing spiffy, but it works).

Complete Motherboard Spec's:

CPU
1. Supports Intel Celeron® Socket 370 processors (Base on 66MHz clock)
2. Supports Intel Coppermine FC-PGA 370 processors (Based on 66/100/133 MHz clock)
3. Supports VIA/Cyrix III Socket 370 processors(Base on 100/133MHz clock)

Chipset
1. VIA chipset (VT82C694X and VT82C686B)
2. Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
3. Supports AGP 1X/2X/4X (Sideband) 3.3V device

Memory
1. Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM module
2. Supports up to 1.5GB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB SDRAM)

Audio
1. AC'97 Audio CODEC on board
2. AC'97 Digital Audio Controller integrated
3. Audio driver included

System BIOS
1. SoftMenuTM III to set CPU parameters
2. Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM and DMI
3. Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS.

Multi I/O Functions
1. 2 channels bus Master IDE Ports support Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices
2. PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors
3. 1 Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB)
4. 1 Parallel Port (EPP/ECP)
5. 2 Serial Ports
6. 2 USB Connectors
7. On board USB header for two extra USB channels
8. Built-in IrDA TX/RX header .
9. Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, and Game Port)

Miscellaneous
1. ATX form factor
2. 1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots , 1 ISA slot and 1AMR slot.
3. Hardware monitoring - Including fan speed, voltages, CPU and System temperature and one thermal header for other devices temperature monitoring
4. Built-in Wake on LAN header
5. Built-in Wake on Ring header

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