Fic AZ11 VIA KT133

Monday, September 11, 2000


Additional features

Additional features of the Fic AZ11 include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for mice & keyboards, 2 USB ports on the rear panel, 2 USB ports on the board itself, Power Failure Recovery, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared communication, and start-up from the keyboard/mouse, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speeds is also included on this PC99-compliant board, but no option for monitoring the CPU's temperature, or voltages. On the other hand, the AZ11 does possess a connector for a Novus II module. Finally, there is an integrated AC"97-compatible sound card, which is controlled by the Via 686A southbridge.

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Installation

Installation of the AZ11 passes without problems. As the are few jumpers present, a typical installation consists of placing the board in a casing, plugging everything in, verifying the jumper settings, booting-up, and making a quick pass through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments.



The software bundle

The installation CD includes the Via 4-in-1 drivers v4.20, drivers for the AC"97 sound-card, a utility for monitoring the hardware, an digital version of the user's manual, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. There are also several utilities present, including: Logo genie - which permits the user to set a logo for their screen, a hardware-monitoring program called FirstAid, Mediaring Talk99 for placing telephone calls over the internet, and Clockometer - a utility for Overclocking the board, without needing to drop into the BIOS. A second, bonus CD includes Norton Ghost, Norton Antivirus, and Virtual Drive.



The hardware bundle

The Fic AZ11 comes accompanied by a hardware pack that includes: and 80-pin ATA/66 cable, a 40-pin ATA/33 connector, a floppy-drive cable, and a plaque for the rear of a casing that includes the proper holes for all the audio plugs - but a joystick connector.

Next: The Tests

AZ11

Processor

AMD Duron Socket 462 600~750MHz@100MHz FSB with AMD Athlon system bus for FSB @ 200MHz

AMD Athlon Socket 462 700MHz~1.1GHz@100MHz FSB with AMD Athlon system bus for FSB @ 200MHz

Chipset

VIA KT133 & 686A
(Super South)

Memory

3 DIMM; up to 1.5GB PC133 SDRAM

ECC memory support

Bus Frequency

100MHz with 200MHz AMD Athlon FSB

Onboard Audio

Integrated audio in the VIA 686A Super South

The Audio may be enabled or disabled in BIOS

Onboard I/O Connectors

1 serial port, 1 parallel port, 1 PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector, 2 USB conectors, 2 port front USB pin-header, 1 media connector(Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)

Onboard PCI IDE

2 dual-channeled enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE connectors

Ultra DMA 33/66; DMA Mode 2/4 support

Expansion Slots

1 AGP (4X), 5 PCI

BIOS

ACPI 1.0B, APM 1.2 , PnP 1.0a , SMBIOS 2.3 , DMI 2.0 , WfM 2.0 , Smart for HDD,USB 1.0,PC99,PCI 2.2,Y2K compliant

Form Factor

ATX 4 layer PCB, 9.6" x 12"

Protection & Managment

ACPI ready(STD)
 Hardware Monitoring:system fan control and monitoring
Hardware based intelligent anti-virus protection Auto Power Failure Recovery
Keyboard/Mouse power-on
NOVUS II: Clockometer, Overclock Partner, Hot Key, Logo Genie, Bios Guardian, and optional-AudioAlert II

Package Contents

1 motherboard
1 manual
1 CD-PRO
1 CD-Plus
1 ATA66 Cable, 1 ATA33 IDE Cable and 1 FDD Cable

Note:
specification subject to change without notice