ABIT VA-10 - motherboard - micro ATX - KM400

Features & Specifications of Abit VA-10:

Supports AMD Athlon XP / Sempron Socket-A processors (333/266MHz Front Side Bus).

VIA VT8378 (KM400) / VT8235 Chipset which supports Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0). Besides, provides on board built in S3 UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation, or ext. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X /4X (0.8V /1.5V).

Two 184-pin DIMM sockets ...
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Integrated UniChrome Graphics. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V).

On board VIA VT1616 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC. Professional digital audio interface supports Optical S/PDIF Out.

System BIOS Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP).

Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI).

Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI).

Write-Protect ... more

Features & Specifications of Abit VA-10:

Supports AMD Athlon XP / Sempron Socket-A processors (333/266MHz Front Side Bus).

VIA VT8378 (KM400) / VT8235 Chipset which supports Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0). Besides, provides on board built in S3 UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation, or ext. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X /4X (0.8V /1.5V).

Two 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM). Supports 2 DIMM DDR 333/266/200 (Max. 2GB).

Integrated UniChrome Graphics. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V).

On board VIA VT1616 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC. Professional digital audio interface supports Optical S/PDIF Out.

System BIOS Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP).

Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI).

Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI).

Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS.

VIA VT6103 On board 10/100Mb LAN.

Internal I/O Connectors 1 x AGP, 3 x PCI slots.

1 x IrDA.

1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB.

2 x Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Connectors.

1 x USB 2.0 headers (Each header support two USB 2.0 devices).

1 x CD-IN, 1 x AUX-IN.

Back Panel I/O 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse. 1 x Printer Port, 1 x COM port. 1 x VGA Port. 1 x Audio connectors Center/Sub, Surround Speaker, SPDIF OUT).

1 x Audio connectors (Mic-in, Line-in, Line out).

2 x USB 2.0. 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector, 2 x USB 2.0.

Micro ATX Form Factor: dimension: 9.6" x 9.2".
The motherboard is very reliable. I can run my AMD atlon XP trouble free. The board front side bus is 333 MHz, which is fast enough. Besides, the BIOS is very simple and clear cut. There is not many options that was confusing. But the side effect is that you won't have many overclocking option other than tweaking multiplier and front side bus speed.

One thing I noticed was the on board graphic is slowing down the system a lot. If I use a AGP VGA card instead, the system will run faster, a lot faster. You won't notice the system trying to display the graphic bit by bit anymore. Another way to make system faster is to increase the memory. I originally have only 256 MB memory only, after boosting it to 512 MB memory, the system run a lot faster.

The on board sound is good, and enough for most people. Although I use just a simple speaker, but the sound is crytal clear.

I would reccomend to anyone that wants a cheap fast and reliable motherboard, 

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