Tuesday, July 09, 2002

Additional features

Additional features of the Soltek SL-85DR2 motherboard include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for connecting mice & keyboards, 6 USB ports - two of which are located on the back panel, an integrated AC"97 sound-card, Power Failure Resume, 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.

Below, a photo of the Soltek SL-85DR2

Installation

While a number of jumpers are present on the SL-85DR2, they shouldn't cause users any headaches, as long as they are left in their default positions; even though this isn't a Jumperless board, it is quite easy to install. Simply refer to the user's manual before installation in order to insure that each jumper has the correct setting.

Software bundle

As always, Soltek has been very generous with the software bundle. The installation CD includes the v.4.00.1009 chipset drivers, drivers for the sound-card, a hardware monitoring utility, Adobe Acrobat, and a digital rendition of the user's manual. A second CD includes PC-cillin 2002, Virtual Drive 6, Drive Image 4.0, and Partition Magic 6.0 SE. A manual accompanies each of these applications.

Hardware bundle

The Soltek SL-85DR2 comes with: one 80-pin ATA100 cable, one floppy-drive cable, and one back-plate with a pair of USB ports.

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Soltek SL-85DR2