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Gigabyte 7VAXP KT400 Mainboard Review (1)
Overclocker 24 Aug 2002

Gigabyte as one of the top manufacturers in Taiwan always bring out the latest boards based on new chipset - VIA KT400. GA-7VAXP is very similar to the 7VRXP in design and it has incorporated a newer North and South bridge - KT400 (NB) + 8235 (SB). Some of the change included is the abandoning of Creative CT5880 for the Realtek ALC650 6 channel audio.

This board is well equipped for the DV users, it comes with USB 2.0, 1394 and ATA133 RAID for instant connectivity for multimedia users. On top of that, there is the Dual BIOS which ensures no BIOS corruption during upgrading and Easytune 4 for on the fly overclocking of the FSB. There are also Smart card connectors on board. The AGP retention unit is also very different and is very cool.

GA-7VAXP
VIA KT400+8235 chipset
PROCESSOR
Socket A for AMD Athlon XP / Athlon / Duron processor

CHIPSET
Northbridge : VIA KT400
Southbridge : VIA 8235
VIA V-Link architecture (266MB/s)
VIA VT6306 IEEE1394 controller
Super I/O : ITE IT8705F
Smart I/O : Winbond Smart@IO
Promise PDC20276 ATA 133 RAID controller
Realtek 8100BL Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN controller
AC97 Realtek ALC650 6-channel sound Chip
Dual BIOS

MEMORY
Type : DDR400(PC3200) / DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) / DDR200 (PC1600) -184pin
Max capacity : Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots

CONNECTOR
1 x AGP universal slot (8X/4X/2X-AGP 2.0 compliant)
5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
1 x FDD port
4 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports
3 x IEEE 1394 connectors
2 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by front USB ports)
1 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket)
Memory Stick / Security Digital (MMC) / Smart Card Reader connectors
2 x cooling fan pin header

REAR PANEL
PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x COM ports
1 x RJ45 LAN port
Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector
1 x joystick


CPU SETTING
CPU FSB adjustable via BIOS (1MHz-linear)
CPU multiplier by DIP Switch
CPU Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
AGP Voltage : N/A
Memory Voltage : N/A


BUNDLE SOFTWARE
@BIOS, EasyTune 4, Q-Flash, GMC
Symantec Norton AntiVirus (Internet Security 2002) OEM Ver.
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall OEM Ver.


H/W MONITORING
System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
H/W detect and report power-in voltage, CPU voltage, and Fan Speed Support auto detect temperature thermal shutdown function


POWER
ATX power connector
Power-off by Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ 2000/ NT/ XP shut down and Switch


BIOS
2Mbit flash RAM
AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/WinMe/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions
IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable
AC recovery ON/OFF control


FORM FACTOR
ATX, Dimension : ( 23.5 x 30.4 cm )

OTHER FEATURES
GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS
Suspend-To-RAM (STR)
Supports USB KB/MS Wake up from S3
Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection

DRIVER
VIA 4 in 1 service pack utility
Promise RAID controller driver ( includes pure ATA133 driver )
Realtek LAN driver
Realtek sound driver
VIA USB 2.0 driver
Winbond Smart IO driver
Free software

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