Soltek SL-77KV AMD K7
Athlon VIA KX133 mainboard

Thursday, April 27, 2000


Additional features (continued)

Additional features of the Soltek SL-77KV include: an AGP port that supports 1X, 2X and 4X speeds, an AC"97 sound-card, an AMR slot, Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS/2 connectors, 4 USB ports on the back panel, RX/TX connectors for infrared connectivity, start-up from the keyboard/mouse/or at a pre-set time, and Power Lost Resume. As well, hardware monitoring of fan speed (upto 3 fans), and of the CPU's temperature is also included as a standard feature on this PC99 compliant motherboard.

Below, a photo of the Soltek SL-77KV.


Note: Click here for detailed specifications.


Installation

As with most boards of this type, installation of the SL-77KV is pretty simple. Simply plug everything in, and make a quick trip through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments.



The software bundle

The installation CD includes: the 4-in-1 driver pack from VIA, drivers for the AC"97 sound card, a hardware monitoring utility, CD version of the manual, and a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. A second bonus CD also includes Norton Ghost, and Norton Antivirus.

Next: The test results.


SL-77KV
Specification:
Processor
  • AMD Athlon™
Chipset
  • VIA APOLLO KX133
  • FSB 200 MHz
  • AGP 4X
Memory
  • 3 x 168-pin 3.3v DIMM Sockets
  • Supports 8MB to 768MB (maximum) DRAM Size
  • PC 133 compliant
Cache Memory
  • Built-in to AMD Athlon™ Processor Module
On-Board EIDE
  • 2 x PCI Bus Master UATA 33/66 IDE ports (up to 4 ATAPI Devices)
  • Supports for PIO Mode 3, 4, UATA 33/66 IDE & ATAPI CD-ROM
On-Board Super I/O
  • 1 x Floppy Port
  • 2 x serial ports (high-speed 16550 FIFO UART Ports)
  • 1 x Parallel Port with EEP/ECP/SPP Capabilities
  • PS/2 Mouse connector, Keyboard connector
  • 4 x USB Ports
Expansion Slots
  • 1 x AGP Slot
  • 1 x AMR Slot
  • 5 x 32-bit PCI Bus Master Slots
  • 1 x 16-bit ISA Slots
Form Factor
  • ATX Form Factor (190mm x 305mm)
BIOS
  • AWARD Plug-and-Play BIOS
  • Supports Advanced Power Management Function
  • Flash Memory for easy upgrade
Other Features
  • Supports AGP4x
  • PC 133 compliant
  • Ultra ATA/66
  • AC'97 Audio Function
  • H/W Monitor