ABIT KR7A RAID (1)
Overclocker 18 Nov 2001

At last, the long promised ABIT KR7A is here. It is really a long wait since Computex in June 2001. Well it seems that the wait is worthwhile as ABIT skipped the KT266 chipset and went straight into the KT266A chipset (A is always better). I have tested the board and it definitely proves itself a very reliable and powerhorse even when used in normal conditions. 

In our tests, we used the new Athlon XP1500+ and ran it under the tightest RAM timings we could. It went through all the rigorous tests at default speed. In fact, we stress the system further by pushing it to 150Mhz and above.

Before we continue, lets take a look at the package. Packaged in the new red/white box. It comes standard with a user's manual, HotRod100Pro drivers disk, FDD andHDD cables and a CDROM. The BIOS that comes with the board is dated 7 Nov 2001. Below are the specifications of the board. The subsequent pages will be the gallery followed by benchmark results including SuperPI, Q3, DroneZ etc.

CPU Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+ ~1900+/AMD Athlon 700MHz~1.4GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 950 MHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz (100MHz Double Data Rate) Chipset VIA KT266A / VIA VT8233 Memory Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to 4 GB PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM module BIOS SoftMenu™III Technology to set CPU parameters Functions Four channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 8 Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133( RAID 0 /1/0+1). Miscellaneous 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots. Ultra DMA 100/RAID High Point HPT372 IDE Controller Ultra DMA 133MB/sec data transfer rate

[KR7A-RAID] AMD Socket A Based ATXMainboardPC1600/PC2100 DDR DRAM & ATA 133 RAID 0,1,1/0 SoftMenuTMIII Technology

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