Specs
The Specs| Supports Socket A Processors. AMD Athlon & Duron. |
| AMD-761 + VIA 686B AGPset. |
| I/O Controller. 1 Floppy drive controller, 1 Parallel port (EPP, ECP), 2 Serial ports. |
| USB. 2 supported onboard. 2 additional as option. |
| Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable. 120MB ATAPI floppy drive and ZIP support! |
| Standard ATX form factor. 305mm x 245mm ATX. |
| UltraDMA-100 EIDE Controllers. (Up
to 4 IDE devices). Backwards compatible with PIO mode 3/4 & UltraDMA-33/66. Extra IDE Port by HPT370/Ultra DMA 66/100 & IDE RAID x 2 (Up to 4 Devices) |
| 200/266MHz Front Side Bus. |
| 2x DDR-SDRAM Slots for PC266. 1GB max. supported. |
| PS/2 connectors. 1 PS/2 mouse, 1 PS/2 keyboard. |
| 6 (32-bit) PCI, & 1 AGP. AGP supports 1x, 2x and 4x modes. |
| Built-in AC97 Digital Audio (by
VT82C686B) : Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels H/W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility FM synthesis for legacy compatibility Supports game and MIDI port |
Extended functions
Keyboard Power On (KBPO) - use keyboard to
power on system.
Unified System Diagnostic Manager (USDM) - monitor in Windows system
temperatures, voltages, etc.
Hardware monitoring functions provided by VIA VT82C686B chipset.
Supports CPU Vcore & Vio setting by jumpers.
Supports CPU multiplier and clock by BIOS options.
Hardware sleep/resume.
P80P Debug (POST) Card onboard design with LED display.
Test Rig
| Epox 8K7A + | |
| Athlon 1000MHz 100Mhz FSB CPU Thermo engine with Delta 7000rpm fan | |
| 256MB Samsung PC2100 CAS 2.5 RAM | |
| Hercules Prophet III GeForce3 | |
| IBM GXP22 9.1GB Hard Disc | |
| Sound Blaster Live 1024 | |
| Pioneer 105S DVD Rom | |
| OcUK Tornado ATX Case | |
Running on Windows 98 SE AMD AGP patch 4.80, Nvidia Detonator 12.00
A brief History
Epox used to have a fairly low profile in the aftermarket high end motherboard scene. They first began to get noticed with their last socket A board the 8KTA3 , this got some very good reviews, and brought the company into the limelight, Epox's latest board on the block the 8K7A and 8K7A + ,definitely have the features to further their reputation, as a serious contender in the overclocking / gaming fraternity. Lets see how it all goes together.
