BIOSTAR K8VHA Pro VIA K8T800 Mainboard Review (1)
Overclocker 6 Oct 2003

Introduction

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We have already seen a number of Athlon 64 board reviews on OCW.  ALi M1687 Reference board, Gigabyte K8NNXP (nForce3) and the Gigabyte K8VNXP (K8T800). Today, we take a look at another board from BIOSTAR.

BIOSTAR is not a new comer to the mainboard industry. It has been around for quite some time. Some of its better well known products include the BIOSTAR Canterwood board we reviewed earlier this year. It it one of the first to incorporate the Coloured front panel connectors and Wi-Fi.

In fact, BIOSTAR K8VHA is one of the two mainboards that BIOSTAR had ready for the Athlon 64 Socket 754 platform already certified by AMD. The other board is a nForce3 board.

The K8VHAPro is based on the VIA K8T800/8237 chipset mainboard. It features SATA support, comes with Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, 1394 support, 6 channel audio. There are other models that comes with IDE RAID, WIFI.

The board also comes with some overclocking features - FSB adjustments and a software WarpSpeeder which works in Windows. It automatically tunes your system for max performance by increasing the FSB.

PROCESSOR
Socket 754 Supports AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 3400+ Processor
CHIPSET
VIA K8T800/VT8237
SPECIAL FEATURES
MEMORY
2 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Maximum 2.0 GB PC2700(DDR333)/PC3200(DDR400)
EXPANSION SLOT
5 x PCI 1 x CNR 1 x WLAN Slot (Optional) 1 x AGP

I/O

1 x Parallel, 2 x Serial 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1x PS/2 Keyboard 8 x USB 2.0 Port (4 x Rear USB 2.0 , 4 x Front USB 2.0 ) 1 x Speak-out, 1 x Line-in, 1 x Mic.-in 1 x RJ-45 LAN Jack 2 x 1394 Port (1 x Rear, 1 x Front) 1 x Floppy 4 x IDE Hard Disk Device Ultra DMA100/133 1 x Front Audio 2 x Serial ATA Connector 1 x IrDA 1 x SPDIF Out 1 x CD in Connector 1 x Chassis Intrusion Connetcor 1 x WOL Connector 1 x System Fan Connector 1 x CPU Fan Connector

SATA/RAID Controller

Two-Channel Serial ATA(SATA) PHY for support up to two SATA devices Multiple RAID Configurations support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1

IEEE1394a

VIA VT6307 ¢w Supports 2 Ports with Transfer up to 400mbps

INTEGRATED AUDIO

Cemedia CMI9739A 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC

Gigabit Ethernet LAN

Realtek RTL8110S ¢w Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver

HARDWARE MONITOR FUNCTION

CPU / System Fan Speed CPU Voltage AGP Voltage CPU Temperature SystemTemperature   Vcore,+3.3V,+5V,+12V, -5V, -12V

WarpSpeeder

OverClock OverVoltage Hardware Monitor

SIZE

ATX Form Factor Dimension: 24.4cm X 30.5cm ( W x L )

Accessories

Users Manual HDD Cable FDD Cable 2 x Serial ATA Cable(Optional) 1 x S/PDIF Cable(Optional) 1 x StudioFun! Application Pack CD ( Optional ) 1 x Norton Application Pack CD ¢w Internet Security 2003( Norton AntiVirus™, Norton™ Personal Firewall, Norton™ Privacy Control, Norton™ Intrusion Detection, Norton™ Parental Control) ¢w Norton™ Ghost 2003 1 x Fully Setup Driver CD

CERTIFICATION

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