Shuttle AV18 VIA Apollo Pro133A

Wednesday, October 11, 2000


Additional features

Additional features of the Shuttle AV18 include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for mice & keyboardsm 2 USB ports located on the back panel, 2 USB ports located on the board itself, Power Faliure Recovery, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared communication, and start-up from the mouse/keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speeds, CPU temperature, and of voltages is also provided as a standard feature on this PC99-compliant motherboard. An integrated AC"97 sound-card is also provided as standard equipment.

Below, a photo of the Shuttle AV18.


Note: Click here for detailed specifications.


Installation

Installation of Shuttle's AV18 is relatively simple. There is no real need to play with jumpers in this case, because the default configuration with recognize the processor configuration automaticly. Thus, simply put the board in a casing, plug everything in, and away you go.



The software bundle

The installation CD includes the VIA 4-in-1 v4.23 drivers, drivers for the sound and graphics cards, a VIA utility for monitoring the hardware under Windows, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and a digital version of the user's manual.

The hardware bundle

The AV18 also comes with a small hardware pack, which is composed of an 80-pin ATA/66 cable, and a floppy-drive cable.

Next: The Tests

Spec:

    Form Factor: ATX FORM FACTOR 304 x 190 mm

    CPU Support:
    1.FC-PGA370 Coppermine 500~933MHZ+
    2. PPGA 370  Celeron 300~500MHZ+

    Chipsets:
    (North)  VT82C694X(Pro 133A)
    (South)  VT82C686A

    Front Side Bus: 66/75/83/100/112/124/133MHz

    Multiplier: x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8

    Memory: Support 3 x 168 pins DIMM up to 1.5GB of 66/100/133 memory

    Audio: Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC97 Codec interface

    Universal Serial Bus Controll:
    1. USB v1.1 and Intel Universal HCI v.1.1 compatible
    2. Root hub and four function ports

    Expansion Slot:
    1. AGP: 1 AGP slot
    2. PCI: 5 PCI slots
    3. ISA: 1 ISA slot
    4.AMR: 1 AMR slot

    IDE:
    1. UltraDMA ÁV33/66 Master Mode PCI EIDE Controll
    2. Dual DMA engine for concurrent dual channel operation
    3. PIO mode 4
    4. IDE port x2
    5. Bootable from LS120, ZIP drive, CD-ROM
     
    H/W Monitoring: Built in VIA686A
    1. Five positive Voltage
    2. Three temperatures
    3. Two fan speed monitoring

    Power Management:
    1. ACPI v1.0 Compliant
    2. APM v1.2 Compliant

    Bios:
    1. Award BIOS V6.00
    2. DMI 2.3
    3. 2Mb flash memory
    4. FSB Setting

    On Board Ports / Connectors / Jumpers / Other Ports: (Back Panel)
    1. 2 Serial ports, 16550 Fast UART compatible
    2. 1 Parallel port, supports ECP,and EPP mode
    3. 2 USB ports
    4. 1 PS/2 Keyboard
    5. 1 PS/2 Mouse
    6. 1 game port
    7. 1 line-in port
    8. 1 MIC. Port
    9. 1 line-out port

    Connectors:
    ÁE Suspend switch and LED
    ÁE CPU core voltage adjustment (rang: =0.2v per 0.1v)
    ÁE 3 x fan connectors
    ÁE Floppy Connector
    ÁE 2 x IDE connectors(IDE1 and IDE2)
    ÁE Wake-on-Lan connector

    Jumpers:
    ÁE System Frequence setup
    ÁE CMOS setup
    ÁE Frequence Ratio setup

    Other:
    ÁE CPU Voltage AUTO Detecting (CPU PnP)
    ÁE Support Suspend to RAM
    ÁE Support AC Power Fail Resume
    ÁE System health warning beep
    ÁE Wake-on-Ring
    ÁE Wake-on-Alarm

    Accessory:
    ÁE 1 CD-ROM Disk:
    The VIA 4-in-1 drive for Window 95/98/98SE,NT contain:
    IDE Bus MASTER (2.1.41 or later)
    VIA AGP (3.52 or later)
    IRQ Routing Drive (1.3a or later)
    VIA Registry (ACPI)
    AC97 CODEC drive
    Win 9x patch program
    Multi-language manuals
    ÁE 1 IDE ATA66 Cable
    ÁE 1 Floppy Cable
    ÁE 1User manual