ABIT UL8 Pro is based
on ULi's M1697 single chipset that challenges the NF4 series. This chispet
supports the Athlon 64/FX/X2 CPUs. It comes standard with 4 SATA II+NCQ ports
with RAID 0,1,0+1,5. It has 4 DIMM slots for dual channel DDR400. It also
supports 8 ch HD audio. The board has 2 PCI, 1 PCIex16, 1 PCIex1
If you have read our review of the
ULI M1697 reference
board, you would have seen that overclocking it to 400HTT is as easy as ABC.
For those of you would like to try out the overclocking options, the following
are available
CLK 200-400MHz
VCore
Max = default + 0.35V (0.025v intervals)
VDIMM
DRAM: range from 2.50 , 2.55 , 2.60, 2.65, 2.70, 2.80, 2.90, 3.0 , 3.1 & 3.2v
ULI M1697 Based AMD K8 939 ATX Mainboard
2GHz HT, Dual DDR400, PCIE Graphic, GbE LAN
SATAII 3G, 7.1 CH HD Audio, ABIT SoftMenu Technology
CPU
Supports Socket 939 Athlon 64X2/64FX/64/Sempron Processor with 2GHz system bus
using Hyper Transport™ Technology
Supports AMD CPU Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Chipset
ULI M1697 single chip
Memory
Four 184 -pin DIMM sockets
Supports Dual DDR400 Un-buffered ECC memory
Supports maximum memory capacity up to 8GB
Graphic
Discrete (non-integrated) – Use PCI-Express X16 Expansion slot
ABIT Engineered
ABIT SoftMenuTM Technology
ABIT CPU ThermalGuardTM Technology
Serial ATA
4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s
Audio
On board 7.1 channels HD Audio CODEC
Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/P DIF Out
LAN
On board 10/100/1000M PCI controller
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x PCI-E X16, 3 x PCI-E X1, 2 PCI slots
1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 IDE Connectors
4 x SATA 3G Connectors
2 x USB 2.0 headers; 1 x CD-IN header
Back Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x COM port, 1 x LPT port, 1 x S/P DIF Out
2 x Audio connector (Line Out, Line-in, MIC-in)
4 x USB ports, 1 x RJ-45 LAN port
Form Factor
ATX form factor (305x 245mm)
