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ABIT Announces KT7 Mainboard, for AMD Socket A CPUs
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Friday, July 07, 2000 –
Advancing to the next generation of AMD CPUs, ABIT proudly unveils the top
of the line in Athlon support: the ABIT KT7. Based on VIA’s KT133
chipset, the KT7 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 KT7 features three 168-pin DIMM sockets
supporting PC100/PC133 SDRAM modules and Suspend-To-RAM (STR).
What's New?
The KT7 is ABIT's follow-up to the award-winning KA7, and the two share the same core
architecture. Like the KA7, it has no AMR slot and no onboard sound. There are however,
several differences. The most immediately noticeable difference is the 462-pin socket,
and the second is that the VT8363 North Bridge has been turned 45 degrees, shortening the
trace lengths between it and the CPU. Furthermore, the KT7 offers a highly stable memory
solution, with three DIMM slots for up to 1.5 GB of SDRAM.
3-Phase Power Solution
The last thing you need in your system is excess heat, or the stability and CPU
lifespan issues that go with it. On the KT7, 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 KT7 will address
power and heat issues better than boards with 2-phase solutions.
SoftMenuTM III
Only ABIT has Soft Menu™, and on the KT7, you will find ABIT’s unique
SoftMenu™ III for AMD processors. The KT7’s SoftMenu™ III has special
added features and functions that will allow the maximum performance and enhancement
tweaks specifically for Athlon based CPUs, such as FSB settings from 100MHz to 183MHz in
increments of 1 (84 settings). Moreover, ABIT has added CPU Multiplier Factor
Adjustments, allowing the user to choose the proper multiplier factor*. The
System BIOS features and supports Award Plug and Play BIOS and
Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS.
Multi I/O Functions
The KT7 has 2 on board Bus Master IDE Ports supporting UDMA 33/66 as well as 6
PCI slots and 1 ISA slot for maximum upgradability. ABIT has added the sixth PCI slot
to make the KT7 the most expandable and upgradeable board in its
class. In addition to the normal serial and parallel ports the KT7 has 2 USB ports,
plus an extra header for 2 extra USB channels. Miscellaneous features include hardware
monitoring, built-in Wake on LAN, Wake on Ring, and IrDA TX/RX headers. CPU temperature
monitoring is performed by a thermistor located directly below the processor.
About ABIT
ABIT Computer Corporation designs, and sells a complete family of award-winning
mainboards and video cards that support industry-leading technology and
provide leading quality and performance for system integration of computer
components supporting a broad range of PC applications, for use in
ecommerce, entertainment, education and the internet. Corporate
headquarters are located in Taiwan. For more information visit the
Company's web site at http://www.abit.com.tw
For more information about ABIT products, please contact your regional
marketing manager at ABIT.
Eric Boeing for English speaking countries
(eboeing@abit.com.tw)
Scott Thyrwell for English speaking countries
(scott@abit.com.tw)
Sylvain Braem for France, Spain
(sbraem@abit.com.tw)
Jevon Yeh for Asia
(jevon@abit.com.tw)
Jeong Hyo-Sang for Korea
(jeong@abit.com.tw)
Timucin Ozcan for Eastern Europe and Turkey
(tozcan@abit.com.tw)
Shiho Koda for Japan
(shiho@abit.com.tw)
Marta Piccoli for Italy, Hungary and Arabian countries
(marta@abit.com.tw)
Scott T for Nordic countries
(skalamera@abit.com.tw)
Thore Welling for Germany
(thore@abit.nl)
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