Monday, December 13, 1999

The Features (continued)

Additional features of the BE6-II, include: Wake on LAN, Power-on from the keyboard/mouse/modem/alarm, USB connectors, PS/2 connectors for mice and keyboards, RX/TX IRDA connectors, SB-Link header, and hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages. An included is a thermal sensor that can also be used to monitor the temperature of any other device.

Below, a photo of the BE6-II provides us with a fine view of its components;

Installation

As with the BE6 before it, installation of the BE6-II passes without incident as long as some forethought is put to the installation of the ATA66 controller. The trick consists to refer to Appendix D in the users manual to proceed with the installation of the ATA66 controller drivers. Don't forget that the ATA66 controller integrated into this board shares the bus master designation for PCI slot 5, while PCI slot 3 shares an IRQ with that same controller. The driver for the ATA66 controller supports the sharing of the IRQ, but so must the peripheral device installed in PCI slot 3, otherwise you're in for a whole mess of annoyance...

The Software bundle

The CD included with the BE6-II, contains: a CD version of the user's manual, Xstore Pro, drivers for the HPT66 controller, Intel Bus master drivers, a program for resetting the BIOS, Win95 PCI bridge drivers, Hardware Doctor for monitoring the system, and a low-level formatting tool for hardrives. Other application include a screen save, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Dynadoc Reader, the Abit web site, and a freeware selection that includes Pointcast Network, and Inforia Quest98.

Next page: The Performance Results

[ Specifications ]

CPU
1. Supports Intel Pentium^® III 450~700 MHz processor cartridge
2. Supports Intel Pentium^® II 233~450 MHz processor cartridge
3. Supports Intel Celeron^TM 266~533MHz processor

Chipset
1. Intel^®440BX chipset (82443BX and 82371EB)
2. Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
3. Supports AGP 1X/2X (Sideband)3.3V device
4. High Point HPT366 chipset supports Ultra DMA 66

Memory
1. Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM module
2. Supports up to 768MB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128,256MB SDRAM)
3. Supports ECC

System BIOS
1. SOFT MENU^TM III or DIP switches to set CPU parameters
2. Award Plug and Play BIOS version 6.0
3. Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
4. Year 2000 Compliant

Multi I/O Functions
1. Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66 devices
2. Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33 devices
3. PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors
4. 1x Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB)
5. 1x Parallel Port (EPP/ECP)
6. 2x Serial Ports
7. 2x USB Connectors

Miscellaneous
1. 1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots and 1 ISA slot
2. Hardware monitoring
3. Keyboard/Mouse/Password and Hot Key multifunction Power On.
4. Built-in Wake on LAN/Wake on Ring header
5. Built-in IrDA TX/RX header
5. One Thermal Sensor Cable Included
6. PC99 Color connectors
7. Dimensions : 305*200mm