Abit KT7 RAID VIA KT133

Tuesday, January 09, 2001


Additionnal features

Additional features of the Abit KT7 RAID motherboard include: Wake on LAN, Wake On Modem Ring, PS2 ports, 2 USB on the back panel, 2 USB ports located on the board itself, Power Failure Recovery, Suspend To Ram, RX/TX connectors for infrared, and start-up from the mouse, keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and voltages is also included with this PC99-compliant motherboard. Finally, KT7 RAID incorporates a RAID controller that supports modes 0, 1, and 0+1, as previously mentioned.

Below, a photo of the Abit KT7 RAID.


Note: Click here for detailed specifications.


Installation

Installation of the Abit KT7 RAID is ridiculously simple. Basicly, it has to be put in a case, plugged in, and turned on. Once that's done, one can jump into the BIOS and tweak to their heart's content.



The software pack

The installation CD includes the VIA 4-in-1 drivers for the KT133 chipset, drivers for the RAID controller, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a digital version of the user's manual, a utility for flashing the BIOS, PointCast Network, Inforia Quest 98, WinDVD, HighPoint XStore Pro, and VIA Hardware Monitor.



The hardware bundle

The KT7 RAID also comes with: 2 80-pin ATA66/100 cables, a floppy-drive cable, and two USB connectors for the rear panel.

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[ Specifications ]

CPU
1. Supports AMD-K7 Athlon Socket A 200MHz FSB Processors
2. Supports AMD-K7 Duron Socket A 200MHz FSB Processors

Chipset
1. VIA (KT133) /VIA 686A
2. Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
3. Supports AGP 2X/4X (Sideband)
4. Supports 100/133MHz Memory Bus Settings

Ultra DMA 100
1. High Point HTP370 IDE Controller
2. Ultra DMA 100MB/Sec data transfer rate
3. RAID 0(stripping mode for boosting performance)
4. RAID 1 (mirroring mode for data security)
5. RAID 0 +1(stripping and mirroring)

Memory
1. Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support PC100/PC133 SDRAM module
2. Supports up to 1.5 GB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB SDRAM)
3. Supports VCM module

System BIOS
1. SOFTMENUTM III Technology to set CPU parameters
2. Award Plug and Play BIOS
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 33/66/100(up to 4 HDD devices)
2. Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33
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
8. On board USB header for Two extra USB channels

Miscellaneous
1. ATX form factor
2. 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots and 1 ISA slots
3. Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature
4. Built-in Wake on LAN/Wake on Modem
5. Built-in IrDA TX/RX header