Chaintech CT-6AJA4 socket 370
VIA Apollo Pro133A

Tuesday, July 25, 2000


Additional features (continued)

Additional features of the Chaintech CT-6AJA4 include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS/2 connectors, 4 USB ports - two on the back panel - two of which are optional, SB-Link, Power Faliure Recovery, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared communication, and start-up from the mouse/keyboard/at a pre-set time/USB ports. Hardware monitoring of fan speeds, CPU temperatures, and voltages is also provided as a standard feature on this PC99-compliant motherboard. Note that the keyboard, and USB ports are protected by polyfuses, which are capable of resetting automaticly following a power surge. As was mentioned earlier, a Highpoint HPT368 RAID controller is also available as an option. Finally, an integrated AC97"/98" sound card is present, which is based of the highly functional CMedia 8738 chipset.

Below, a photo of the CT-6AJA4.


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Installation

Intstallation of the CT-AJA4 is quite simple. There is no real need to play with the few available jumpers, so setup essentially consists of putting the board in a case, plugging everything in, booting up, and making a quick trip through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments.



The software pack

The installation CD includes version 4.20 of the VIA 4-in-1 drivers, a program for flashing the BIOS, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a digital version of the user's manual, PC-Cillin 6, Norton Antivirus, Active Share, Appio, and X-Stop.

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ChipSet

VIA Apollo Pro 133A ( 694X + 686A )
two chip 4 x AGPset

Processor

Support Intel processors up to 733MHz
VIA Cyrix III processors in future
System Clock 66 / 100 / 133MHz
CPU Type Socket 370

AGP

 Supports AGP 1x / 2x / 4 X AGP cards

Memory

Socket 168-pin 3.3V  DIMM x 3
Type SDRAM 
Size 768MB
Feature Sync. & Async. Host-Memory clock scheme
Award BIOS
Function PnP , DMI , APM , ACPI , Multi-device booting
Optional TWIN BIOS ( 6AJR4 only )

IDE

  • PIO Mode 4
  • Multi-word DMA Mode 2
  • Ultra DMA-66   timings

Optional High Point HPT368 IDE Accelerator with RAID0/1/0+1


Audio
Onboard CMedia 8738 audio chip w/ legacy audio SB16/Pro compatible.
4-Channel speaker audio support
Supports MIDI and dual game ports
Optional High quality AC'97 CODEC provides 90dB+ SNR CD quality audio.
Built-in FM-emulation music synthesizer
Full-duplex operation for recording and playback
Hardware SoundBlaster pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy compatibility

Super I/O

Serial port 2 UARTs support and IR support for HPIR and ASKIR (up to 115.2Kbps)
Parallel port SPP/ECP/EPP
Floppy Support 2.88MB, Japanese 3Mode and 1Mbps transfer mode

Expansion slots

5x PCI, 1x ISA, 1x AGP, 1x AMR

USB

 Embedded USB controller to support 4 USB ports 
 ( Optional USB riser with 2 additional USB ports )

Dimensions

 ATX form factor , 305mm × 230mm , 4 layers

I/O Connectors
  • PC99 compliant colored code
  • PS/2 Mini-DIN Keyboard & Mouse ports
  • Two USB ports ( optional adaptor w/ additional 2 USB ports )
  • Two 9-pin D-SUB Serial ports
  • One 25-pin D-SUB Printer port
  • One 15-pin Game / MIDI port
  • Audio Line-out , Line-in and Mic-in jacks

Features
  • Complete CPU protection with OVT ( Over Voltage Protect ) and OCP(Over Current Protect ) technology
  • Superior Overclocking capability with up to 150MHz frequency subtle 1MHz frequency , Vcore and Vtt tuning technology
  • Embedded system monitor hardware
  • Advanced Management Features:
    Power-on events:
       - WOL (Wake-On-LAN) network card
       - Modem ring
       - RTC Alarm      
      - USBs
    Software power off control for Win95 Over-ride power button
    Hardware Reset Protect
    Three states Power-failure recovery
    Blinking Power-LED in suspend
  • Poly-fuse overcurrent protection for USB and keyboard
  • Valued software bundle
  • Embedded BIOS flash utility, HDD Instant Recovery
  • Complete Data Security
            1. Flash BIOS write protection against
                unauthorized access
            2. Trend ChipAway Virus, to ensure
                 virus-free      booting procedure
  • Innovative SeePU technology for jumperless CPU installation