Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tuesday, March 27, 2001- ABIT is proud to announce the launch of the KT7E. This newest AMD-based motherboard is based on VIA’s KT133E chipset. The KT7E is an ATX form-factor mainboard designed for use with all AMD-K7 “Socket A” 200MHz FSB processors, including “Thunderbirds” as well as “Durons.”It supports all normal industry standard functions, including Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI), AGP 1X/2X/4X and 100/133MHz SDRAM Memory Bus Settings. The KT7E features three 168-pin DIMM sockets supporting PC100/PC133 SDRAM modules and Suspend-To-RAM (STR).
ATA/100
The KT7E includes VIA’s 686B chipset, allowing for ATA/100 support. Ultra ATA/100, or Ultra DMA/100 is an extension of the current Ultra ATA/33 interface. This new high-speed interface has a 100 Mbytes/sec transfer rate and maximized disk performance under the current PCI local bus environment.
3-Phase Power Solution & Active Cooling
The last thing you need in your system is excess heat, or the stability and CPU lifespan issues that go with it. On the KT7E, ABIT has gone a step further in preventing extra heat: A six MOSFE transistor set for a “3-Phase Power Solution.” These six transistors dissipate heat more effectively than the four transistor (“2-Phase”) solution found on most other Socket A motherboards. Additionally, should future Thunderbirds require higher amperage, the KT7E will address power and heat issues better than boards with 2-phase solutions. In order to ensure maximum cooling, ABIT goes even further than the 3-Phase Power Solution. The KT7E also adds active cooling to the Northbridge. ABIT feels that for optimum stability, the Active Cooling is needed for the hot-running, VIA Northbridge.
SoftMenu™ III
Only ABIT has SoftMenu™, and on the KT7E, you will find ABIT’s unique SoftMenu™ III for AMD processors. The KT7E’s SoftMenu™ III has special added features and functions that will allow t |
