Manual for KinetiZ 7A
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
The KinetiZ 7A green mainboard utilizes the VIA Apollo KX-133 chipset, providing a cost-
effective PC/ATX platform with perfect capability and high performance to support AMD Slot
A Athlon proces sors. The VIA
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VT8371 chipset and VIA
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VT82C686A chipset prov ide
some new features such as AGP 4X mode and UltraDMA66. Equipped with three memory
module sockets, PC133MHz SDRAM and 768MB PC133 ECC or non-ECC SDRAM DIMMs can
be supported. It also provides advanced features such as wake-up on LAN and wake-up
on inter nal/external modem function. Suspend to RAM, the optimal implementation of the
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface(ACPI) specification, makes the PC’s power
consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable quick wakeup. ManageEasy, our
system management application is also supplied to enable remote monitoring and configura-
tion of the system.
Key Features
Form factor
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ATX form factor of 305mm x210mm.
Microprocessor
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Supports AMD Slot A Athlon processors at 500/550/600/650/700/750/800/850MHz
and future processors.
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Supports 200MHz host bus.
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On-board VDDQ(for AGP), VSRAM(for LI Cache), 2.5V regulators and 3.3V
switching power supply.
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Mutiphase power from 1.30 - 2.05V for Athlon Processors.
Chipset
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Apollo KX-133 chipset: VT8371, VT82C686A.
System m em ory
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Provides three 168 pin DIMM sockets, supports 768MB PC100/133 ECC or non-ECC
SDRAM DIMMS, VCM and SDRAM.
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Minimum memory size is 8MB, maximum memory size is 1.5G MB.
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SDRAM 64 bit data interface with ECC support.
On-board IDE
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Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports.
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Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and
CD-ROM drives.
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Supports “Ultra DMA/33”Synchronous DMA mode transferring up to 33 Mbytes/sec.
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Supports “Ultra DMA/66”Synchronous DMA mode transferring up to 66 Mbytes/sec.
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Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.
