Supports Socket A AMD Athlon & Duron Processors
AMD-761 + VIA 686B AGPset
Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable
120MB ATAPI floppy drive and ZIP support
UltraDMA-100 EIDE Controllers (Up to 4 IDE devices)
200/266MHz Front Side Bus
2x DDR-SDRAM Slots for PC1600/PC2100, 1GB max. supported
6 (32-bit) PCI, & 1 AGP. AGP supports 1x, 2x and 4x modes
Built-in AC97 Digital Audio (by VT82C686B)
EPoX's EP-8K7A is designed to be the ultimate Socket A mainboard for home users and gamers designed for AMD Athlon and Duron processors. Engineered using the hybrid combination of the AMD 760 Northbridge and the VIA VT82C686B Southbridge chipsets the EP-8K7A is a high quality mainboard built using the ATX format.
The EP-8K7A also includes courtesy of the VIA southbridge chipset UltraDMA-100 (ATA/100). ATA/100 drives can transfer data up to 100 MB per/second, an increase of more than 50 percent when compared to previous generations of technology. Of course the EP-8K7A is fully backward compatible with all IDE/ATAPI devices - including Ultra DMA/ATA 66, 33, EIDE Fast ATA-2, IDE drives and CD ROM drives. The UDMA 100 protocol has broken the longstanding UDMA 33 and 66 standards.
EPoX mainboards comes fully equipped with latest technical specifications: One 4X AGP bus slot, six PCI master bus slots, two USB ports (two additional supported by an optional USB cable), and keyboard power on feature (KBPO). Wake On LAN (WOL), onboard POST display, support for USDM (Unified System Diagnostic Manager), plus much more!