The Syntax SV266AD Motherboard is a High-Performance and High-Quality Mainboard
The Syntax SV266AD Motherboard is built around the latest and fastest VIA KT266A and VT8235 chipset providing superior performance between the CPU, DRAM, AGP bus and V-Link bus with pipelined, burst and concurrent operation. This mainboard supports Socket A that accommodates AMD athlon processors with a frontside bus (FSB) speeds up to 266MHz.
The KT266A supports two banks of DDR Synchronous DRAMs up to 2GB for unbuffered modules. It Also fully supports full AGP v2.0 capability for maximum bus utilization including 1X, 2X and 4X mode transfer, SBA, Flush/Fence commands and pipelined grants.
The VT8235 Southbridge supports standard intelligent peripheral controllers such as USB 2.0/1.1 and Universal HCI 2.0/1.1, real time clock with 256 byte extended CMOS, integrated bus-mastering dual full-duplex direct-sound AC '97 link compatible sound system and full System Management Bus (SMBUS) interface.
Sufficient expansion is provided with one AGP slot and five PCI slots. It also comes with a built-in Enhanced PCI Bus Master PCI IDE controller that provides high-speed connections to a full range of IDE devices such as HDD and CD-ROM drives. This mainboard is designed in a standard ATX form factor using a 4-layer printed circuit board.
Specifications
Processor Interface:
Socket A
Form Factor:
ATX
Processors Supported:
AMD Athlon up to 2400+
AMD Athlon XP up to 2600+
AMD Duron up to 1.8GHz
Front Side Bus:
200MHz
266MHz
Northbridge:
VIA KT266A
Southbridge:
VIA VT8235
Memory Supported:
DDR266 (PC2100)
DDR200 (PC1600)
Number of Pins:
184-Pin
Number of Slots:
2
Maximum Memory Supported:
2GB
Channels:
2 Channels
Audio Chipset:
AC '97 CODEC
VIA VT1612A
Speed:
1x
2x
4x
LAN Type:
10/100 Mbps
AGP Slots:
1
PCI Slots:
5
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:
1
PS/2 Mouse Connectors:
1
Serial Communication Ports:
1
Parallel Ports:
1
USB Ports:
6
LAN Ports:
1
Audio Out Jacks:
1
IDE Headers:
2
FDD Headers:
1
ATX Power Connectors:
1
Fan Connectors:
2
Length:
11.895 in. (30.5 cm)
Width:
9.516 in. (24.4 cm)
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Socket
This motherboard features a Socket A design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.
Chipset The SV266AD motherboard is based on the VIA KT266A Northbridge chipset and the VIA VT8235 Southbridge chipset.
Memory Expansion
The SV266AD provides 2 DIMM sockets using 184-pin DDR with a total capacity of up to 2GB. You can install DDR 200/266.
AGP Support
The SV266AD provides one 4X AGP slot. AGP 4x the new generation VGA interface specification, this platform delivers enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds. Allowing users to have a more realistic graphics experiences while gaming or movie watching.
IDE
The SV266AD includes built in IDE facilities that supports and PIO modes 3 and 4.
Audio
The SV266AD comes with an AC '97 Sound CODEC (Realtek) which supports high quality 2 channel audio.
LAN
The SV266AD comes with a LAN chip (VIA) and provides a back panel LAN port. Ethernet 10/100Mbps LAN Network Connection Provides high-quality 10/100 Ethernet performance for value-minded users who need straight forward network connectivity. Ensure a high-speed, stable solution for new broadband era.
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
3.9
Customer Reviews:
17
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Value
3.9
Features
3.9
Quality
3.9
Performance
3.9
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Reviewer:
link on
Oct 17, 2004 Customer Rating:
3.0
Value
3.0
Features
3.0
Quality
3.0
Performance
3.0
This is a good motherboard if you got for $10 after-mail-in-rebate (which I did).....i popped in the cpu and other hardware and booted without a glitch......though if you're looking for any overclocking options I would say stay away from this......and if you're looking to buy this @ $40 I highly reccommend getting a different board, there are so many better boards than this for $40......
Reviewer:
barmsMB on
Sep 29, 2004 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This motherboard installed easily, and has great documentation except for one minor detail. If you order this motherboard make sure you go to the Syntax website and review the FAQs. Its the only way I found the recomended powersupply capacity. Until I changed powersupplies you would have thought the on/off switch was defective. Setup was simple and the machine is working great. Using this MB upgraded from 166Mhz Pentium to Athlon 1800.
Reviewer:
CCF39648 on
Sep 17, 2004 Customer Rating:
1.0
Value
1.0
Features
1.0
Quality
1.0
Performance
1.0
I have had this motherboard for 2 mouths now and it has only been trouble. The ata burst rate is only 66mb per second when it said that it will get 133mb per second
Reviewer:
Anonymous
on
Sep 03, 2004 Customer Rating:
1.0
Value
1.0
Features
1.0
Quality
1.0
Performance
1.0
Please disregard my previous review completely.
Don't buy this board. Just do a search online for 'dead processor' or SV266AD and look through the support related links. You'll find that this MB has a persistant problem of locking up under various hardware.
I can't get my 2 day old MB to stay on for more than 20 minutes at a time before something goes wrong and the system halts (not shuts down, but halts).
Don't take the risk. And if this is any indication, Syntax doesn't answer it's support phone number.
Reviewer:
Anonymous
on
Jul 05, 2004 Customer Rating:
1.0
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Manufactured by:
Syntax-Brillian Corp. Warranty provided by:
Syntax-Brillian Corp. Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
12 months labor
Mfg Part No:
SV266AD UPC No:
872303002070 Box Size:
( Length:
13, Width:
2, Depth:
11 )
Shipping Weight:
3.0000 pound(s)
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