SY-6VBA133 Ultra DMA-66 Motherboard

SY-6VBA133 Motherboard
Manufacturer - Soyo
Monday, November 01, 1999 - Hilbert Hagedoorn

Hardware used
Pentium II 350 Mhz 100 Mhz Bus
128 Mb PC 100 SDRAM
Voodoo 3 3000

Software used
Windows 98 build 4.10.1998
DirectX 6.x
Reference Voodoo 3 3000 drivers  

General
The SY-6VBA133 is a Single-CPU Slot 1 Based ATX mainboard With VIA PC-133 chipset. Package is bundled with a Driver CD, Norton Ghost, Anti-virus, virtual driver, cables and manual.

A prelude
Soyo is a motherboard manufacturer with a stronghold in Europe. They have been in this marksegment for many years now and are very successful. The company originates from Taiwan like almost any other motherboard manufacturer. (ex. ASUS, Gigabyte, Superpower, Chaintech and Powercolor). They offer great boards and good support.

A little while ago we have tested a motherboard from Superpower which was based up-on VIA's new PC133 chipset. Today we will be reviewing Soyo's version of this motherboard. Soyo is one of the strongholds in the motherboard scene for a long time now. Want to learn more about this new Motherboard from Soyo ?

If you'd like to know the answer then you should definably continue to read our review on continued on the next page with gadgets like Ultra DMA-66, 133 Mhz bus speeds and more.

Coming up: the motherboard review

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Specifications
Supports multiple selectable sets of system and PCI clock speeds inside the BIOS directly, allowing for easy, no-jumper configuration!! 

Adjustable CPU Voltage- provides several level selections up to 10% voltage buffer, allowing directly set through BIOS without any jumper!

Independent 3.3V for DIMM, allowing for enhancing system reliability and compatibility 

Innovative Sofset for CPU FSB, multiplier, PCI bus frequency, AGP bus frequency configuration without extra jumper setting! 

DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU or AGP for most flexible configuration!! 

Supports on-board Hardware Monitoring and includes Hardware Doctor? Utility to streamline your PC system management 

Supports WOL (Wake On LAN) function to simplify network management

 

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