Thursday, February 22, 2001

Additional features

Additional features of the Chaintech CT-6VJD motherboard included: Wake on LAN, Wake On Modem ring, PS2 ports for connecting mice & keyboards, 2 USB ports located on the back panel, to more USB ports located on the board, a CNR slot, an ACR slot, 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 of voltages is also included as a standard feature of this PC99-compliant motherboard. An AC"97-compatible sound-card has also been integrated into the board's circuitry.

Below, a photo of the Chaintech CT-6VJD.

Installation

Installation of the Chaintech CT-6VJD is relatively simple. In the majority of cases, users will only need to position JP5/JP6 to the Auto setting (1-2), and allow the system to determine the proper FSB setting itself. As for the clock multiplier, this might as well be ignored as an option, as most CPUs come equipped with a multiplier lock in any case. That done, one need only place the board in a case, plug it in, and turn it on.

The software bundle

The installation CD includes the VIA 4-in-1 version 4.28 drivers, drivers for the sound-card, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and a digital rendition of the user's manual. The bonus CD contains: Norton Antivirus 2001, Adobe ActiveShare, Imagore, X-Stop, Appio, and Ewalla.

The hardware bundle

The Chaintech CT-6VJD comes with: 1 80-pin ATA66 cable, and a floppy-drive cable.

Next: Specifications.