DFI TA64-B VIA Apollo Pro133A

Thursday, July 20, 2000


Additional features

Additional features of the DFI TA64-B include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors, 2 USB ports on the rear panel, Power Failure Recovery, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared communication, and start-up from the mouse/keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and voltages is also provided as a standard feature on this PC99 compliant motherboard. Note that the TA64 version of this board comes equipped with an integrated sound-card which is based on the Aureal AU8810 chipset.

Below, a photo of the TA64-B.


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Installation

Installation of the TA64-B is actually quite simple, despite the presence of jumpers. Its design is effectively jumperless, as the default settings of most jumpers are satisfactory for the majority of situations. Basically, installation is simply a matter of putting the board in a casing, plugging it in, and making a quick jaunt through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments after making sure that all jumpers setting are fitting your needs.



The software bundle

The installation CD includes version 4.20 of the Via 4-in-1 drivers, a program for flashing the BIOS, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a program for monitoring the hardware under Windows, and a digital version of the user's manual.

Next: The Tests


TA64-B specs.
 
Chipset
VIA 694X/596B
CPU Socket
Slot 1 + Socket 370
CPU Supported

Slot1 :
Intel Pentium® III 533-733MHz/133MHz
Intel Pentium® III 533EB-733EB/133MHz
Intel Pentium® III 450-600MHz/100MHz
Intel Pentium® III 500E-700E/100MHz
Intel Pentium® II 350-450MHz/100MHz
Intel Pentium® II 233-333MHz/ 66MHz
Intel® SEPP Celeron™266-433MHz
Socket 370 :
100/133MHZ FSB FCPGA Pentium® III CPUs
Intel ® PPGA Celeron™300A~533MHz
VIA Cyrix®  III processor

Memory
3 DIMM sockets
max. 768MB(unbuffered or registered)
Supports PC133 and ECC
PCI IDE
Dual PIO mode 3/4 EIDE channels up to 4 IDE devices
UltraDMA/66 transfer rate up to 66MB/sec
Super I/O
2 x NS16C550A compatible UARTs
1 x SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port
External Connectors
2 x USB, 2 x DB-9, 1x DB-25, 1x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
Internal Connectors
1x IrDA, 2 x IDE, 1x Floppy, 1 x ATX power, 3 x fan, 1 x WOL, 1 x WOR
Power Management
ACPI and OS direct power management
Wake-on event: RTC/Modem/LAN/KB/Mouse
Hardware Monitor
System, processor temperature, voltage and fan speed
Expansion Slots
1 AGP slots (supports AGP 4x / 2x)
5 PCI slots
1 PCI/ISA slot
Other features
Suspend to RAM
BIOS
Award / 2Mbit
Form Factors
ATX, 4 layers
24.3 cm x 30.3 cm
9.56 inch. x 11.9 inch.

All specifications above are subject to change without prior notice