In enthusiast circles there are a few company names you’ll hear most often. One of those happens to be ABIT Computer Corporation, or more simply, ABIT. While ABIT has been around since the late 80’s, they first popped up on enthusiast’s radar in 1996 when they introduced Soft Menu™ to the world. Moving forward they released a number of boards as well as the famous BH6. The BH6 put ABIT on the map as one of the top manufacturer’s for enthusiasts and overclockers alike. Today we’ll be taking a look at a board with another milestone, ABIT’s AN7 with their new µGuru™ feature. The AN7 supports all socket A processors, and is based on the nVIDIA nForce™2 Ultra 400 chipset. The AN7 features dual channel DDR400 memory and a front side bus that can both be run up to 400MHz. USB2, onboard LAN, Serial ATA150, IEEE1394 (FireWire), and onboard sound with S/PDIF ports complete this board nicely.
Specifications
As said previously, we’ll be looking at ABIT’s newest motherboard, their AN7. The following is a list of the features found on this board, as found on ABIT’s website.
Processor - Supports AMD-K7 Socket A 266/333/400 MHz FSB Processor
Chipset - NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset with MCP-T - Integrated 128-bit memory controller - Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) - Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V)
SATA 150 RAID - On board SATA PCI Controller - Support 2 channels SATA 150 RAID 0/1
Audio - 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC on board - Professional digital audio interface supports optical S/P DIF In/Out - NVIDIA SoundStorm™ Technology with real-time Dolby Digital 5.1 encoder
LAN - On board Realtek 10/100 LAN
IEEE 1394 - 3 ports IEEE1394 Supports 400 Mb/s data transfer rate
Internal I/O Connectors - 1 AGP 8X/4X slot, 5 PCI slots - Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB - 2 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors - 2 x SATA 150 Connectors - 2 x USB headers, 1 x IEEE 1394a header, 2 x CD-IN
Back Panel I/O - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse - 1 x Serial Port connectors, 1 x Parallel Port connector - 1 x S/P DIF Input, 1 x S/P DIF Output - Audio connectors (Front Speaker, Line-in, Mic-in, Center/Sub, Surround Speaker) - 2 x USB, 1 x IEEE1394 Connector - 2 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector
Miscellaneous - 245 x 305mm ATX form factor
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