Shuttle SS40
SiS740 Barebone System Review (1)
Overclocker 16 May 2002
Ever considered replacing your desktop machine
with something that has a smaller footprint and yet offers the capabilities of
the big brands? Shuttle SS40 might just be the alternative you have been looking
for after the successful SS50 which is for the Pentium 4 Socket 478. SS40 offers
the most integrated solution that should be more than sufficient if you are
thinking of using it as a desktop replacement. Measuring a dimension
of 201(w) x 188(h) x 291(l) mm, it is small and compact inside.
As we all know, the SiS740 chipset is the video
integrated version of the SiS735 chipset. The Shuttle SS40 is based on this
integrated chipset which offers basic 2D/3D video that offers a performance
close to GF2 MX200 which is fundamental for most commercial needs and some 3D
games.
On top of that, this box comes with ports for
instant connectivity to external peripherals. On the front panel, we can see a
SPDIF connector, MIC, Earphone, 2 USB ports, Firewire connector. On the rear are
more connectors like Com1/Com2, TVout, 1394 port, 2 USB, 2 Firewire, 1 LAN, PS/2
Keyboard, PS/2 mouse, 6 channel audio output (spk out, line out, line in). Below
are the specifications and followed by a photo gallery.
Specifications
SS40 Mini Computer System
Specifications:
CPU Support:
Socket A
AMD Athlon / Duron with 200 / 266 MHz
FSB
AMD Athlon XP CPU with 266MHz FSB
Chipsets: SiS 740
(North) SiS740
Integrated AMD socket A CPU host interface controller
Support DDR200/266 DDR SDRAM interface
Support AGP interface
Support 533MB/s MuTIOL Connect to SiS961
Support ACPI 1.0b compliant power management
Support APM 1.2 compliant power management
(South) SiS961
Support UDMA 33/66/100 IDE interface
Support USB1.1 interface
Support ACPI 1.0b compliant power management
Integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) with 256B CMOS SRAM
Supports PCI interface
Form Factor:
Shuttle Form Factor
Memory
2 x 184 pin DDR SDRAM
Socket
Support DDR200/266 un-buffer DDR SDRAM up to 2GB capacity
VGA:Build in SiS
740
AGP v2.0 Compliant
Built-in a high performance 256-bit 3D engine
Built-in GDI+ Accelerator
Built-in programmable 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 333 MHz pixel clock
AudioC-Media
8738-PCI-6CH/LX
Support 5.1 speakers,
C3DX positional audio in 6 CH speaker mode
HRTF-3D positional audio, supporting Direct Sound 3D and A3D interface
Legacy SBPRO compatible
IEEE 1394a :Lucent
FW323
1394a OHCI link and PHY
in single package
Complies with 1394 OHCI specification revision 1.0
Provides three fully compliant cable ports
Support 400Mb/s, 200Mb/s, 100Mb/s data transfer rate
Ethernet:Realtek
8100B
IEEE 802.3u 100Base-T
specifications compliant
10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s operation
Supports Wake-On-LAN function
TV-Out Function:SiS301
Supports PAL and NTSC
Systems
Supports Composite, S-Video, and Component R/G/B Output Signals.
Supports maximum input active resolution at PAL and NTSC system to
800x600.
Expansion Slot:2 x
PCI slots
PCI 2.2 compliant,
32-bit BUS Master Slots
133 Mbyte / sec maximum throughput
LPC I/O:ITE 8705F
Comply with Intel Low Pin Count
Interface Specification Rev. 1.0
ACPI V. 1.0 compliant
Built in H/W monitor feature
Two 16C550 UARTs
Supports two standard Serial Ports
Floppy Disk Controller
Supports two 360K/ 720K/ 1.2M/ 1.44M/ 2.88M floppy disk drives
Enhanced digital data separator
3-Mode drives supported
Keyboard Controller
Support power-failure resume and power button de-bounce
H/W Monitor: Built
in ITE 8705F
2 thermal inputs from
remote thermal resistor to monitor system temperature
1 thermal inputs from thermal diode to monitor CPU temperature
8 voltage monitor inputs
1 chassis intrusion input
Monitors 3 fan tachometer inputs
Smart Guardian Controller to provide programmable fan speed automatic
control
IDE interface:
2 x UltraDMA/100 IDE
Channels Master from SiS961
80-pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices
ATAPI IDE CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and LS-120 Supports
Power Management
APM 1.2 compliant
ACPI 1.0 compliant
Support multiple system suspend types- suspend to DRAM, suspend to disk,
and all with hardware automatic wake-up
BIOS: Award PnP
BIOS
Stored in 2 Mb LPC flash
memory
DMI 2.3
Bootable from Floppy, ATAPI device, USB device, SCSI device
On Board Ports /
Connectors / Jumpers (front/back panel)
Front Panel
2 x USB ports
1 x 1394 ports
1 x Mic-In
1 x Speaker-Out
Power-On
Reset
1 x 3.5" bay
1 x 5.25" bay
Back Panel Ports and Connectors
2 x PCI slot panel
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x VGA port
2 x Serial Port
2 x 1394 ports
1 x S-Video and Composite connector
2 x USB ports
1 x RJ45 port
1 x line-in connector
1 x line-out connector
1 x Center/Bass connector
Other connectors and
jumpers
3 x fan connectors
1 x ATX power connector
1 x 4 pin 12V ATX power connector
Clear CMOS
Headers
1 sets of 2 x5 pin Front
Panel USB header
1 sets of 2 x5 pin Front Panel IEEE1394a header
CD_In header
Microphone_In header
Speaker_Out header
Dimension / Material
200(w) x 181(h) x 280(d) mm
Aluminum
Power
Dimension:
201(w) x 188(h) x 291(l) mm
Basic Requirement:
Rail
Min
Max
Peak
12V
2A
10A
13A
5V
0.5A
9.5A
(note)
3.3V
1A
14.5A
(note)
-12V
0
0.3A
5VSB
0
2A
3A
*note : 3.3V+5V < 51W
Outlet:
20pin ATX style X1: 15 cm
4 Pin: 10 cm
4 Pin + Smaller 4 Pin: 20 cm + 10 cm
4 Pin + Smaller 4 Pin + 4 Pin: 60 cm + 12 cm +12 cm
Input:
110/220 auto or manual switchable - without PFC
220 only - with PFC
Power Cord: depends on individual
region demand
Accessory:CD-ROM
Disk:
CPU Cooler
Install Guide
FS40 User manual
FS40 CD-ROM Disk:
a. SIS IDE Driver
b. SIS AGP driver
c. CMEDIA Audio driver
d. CMEDIA Audio Utility
e. ITE Smart Guardian Utility
f. User manuals in PDF format
Cables
a. 1 x 21cm ATA 100/66 cable
b. 1 x 60cm ATA 100/66 cable (bend 90?from M/B side)
c. 1 x 32cm Floppy cable (bend 90?at 16.5 cm from M/B side)
d. 1 x Min Din 7 Pin to RCA
