SOYO 6BA+100 Motherboard

Introduction

In a time when the VIA and Intel’s i815E based motherboards rule the mainstream mobo market, some of you might wonder why manufactures still try hard to keep the life of the 440BX chipset going. When the newer chipsets boasts features such as 4X AGP, FSB speeds BX boards could simply dream of attaining, why is it that the BX chipset continues to have a strong following amidst the growing number of fans for the other two types. Even though the VIA Apollo Pro 133 and Intel’s i815E boasts many features, on a head to head battle these two new chipsets face no challenge at all for the mighty BX chipset. Performance wise, the BX chipsets still rules the arena.

Remember the time when the BX boards were first introduced. Thrill seekers, overclockers, LANers… practically everybody wanted to get their hands on these boards. No one in their right mind would simply opt for anything other than a BX board. The performance they offered were simply unparallel to other boards offered at the time. Recalling back those times sure does bring in some wonderful memories and I’m sure it’s the same for most of you as well. For those of you who’d like to step into that wonderful world of BX boards again, here’s your chance. We take a look at Soyo’s 6ba +100, a 440BX based board incorporated with most modern features we look for in boards today. Sure the early BX boards didn’t offer many features to talk about other than its performance, but just take a look this boards specifications and you’ll see how modern technology has changed all that.

The SY 6BA+100 is the successor of the popular 6BA+IV, which remained as one of the leading BX boards until the arrival of this. The real improvement of the 6BA+100 is that the High Point 370 controller replaces the High Point368 controller of the 6BA+IV. Not only does this replace the ATA/66 limitation with ATA/100, it also has a built in IDE RAID controller as well. As you might have guessed, this board is fully geared for ultimate performance.

Specifications

• Supports up to 30 selectable sets of system and PCI clock speeds inside the BIOS directly, allowing for easy, no-jumper configuration!
• Adjustable CPU Voltage- provides five level selections up to 10% voltage buffer, allowing directly set through BIOS without any jumper!
• SOYO AI-BIOS : Four-Way Active Intercepted CIH virus Design
• 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!
• 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
• Provides SOYO COMBO setup- an user friendly, mighty features setup on BIOS for professional users
• Advanced Management Capabilities * Software power off control, Power-on by keyboard, Power-on by Alarm, Modem Ring On
• Power Failure Resume Function
• IDE/FDD Cable with latch, provide a reliable quality for cable connecting