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  MSI KT3 Ultra2
Latest Motherboards | Recommended Motherboards
Final Mark: 22/25
Testing Methodology
 
 Date November 12, 2002
 Author CrackMaster
 Manufacturer MicroStar International  | All MicroStar International Motherboards
 Language English, Romanian

Specifications

MSI KT3 Ultra2 comes with a lot of features like standard UDMA133 ports, UDMA133 RAID, 5.1 channel audio, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth. As far as I know MSI is the first manufacturer that released Bluetooth enabled products. The motherboard's characteristics recommend it to most users who are looking for a lot of onboard toys. The motherboard features are quite usual on the market. The only exception is the Bluetooth support which is anyway provided as an add-on. I don’t know whether the module is shipped with every MSI KT3 Ultra2 or it is an optional device.

Feature

Specification

CPU

  • Supports Socket A (Socket 462) for AMD® Athlon™ XP/
    Athlon™/Duron™ processor
  • Supports 800MHz up to Athlon™ XP 2700+)
    processor
  • Chipset

  • VIA® KT333 Chipset
    - FSB @200/266/333 MHz
    - AGP 4X and PCI Advanced high performance memory
    controller
  • VIA® VT8235 Chipset
    - Integrated Direct Sound AC'97 audio
    - Dual channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE
    controller
    - ACPI
    - Integrated USB 2.0 controller
  • FSB

  • 100/133/166 MHz clocks are supported
  • Memory
  • Supports six memory banks using three 184-pin DDR DIMMs
  • Supports a maximum memory size up to 3GB
  • Supports 2.5V DDR200/266/333 DDR SDRAM DIMM
  • NO support ECC Function
  • Slots

  • One AGP slot
    - AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) specification compliant
    - Supports AGP 2.0 1x/2x/4x
  • Five 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
  • One CNR (Communication Network Riser) slot
  • On-Board IDE

  • An IDE controller on the VT8235 chipset provides IDE HDD/ CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 operation modes.
  • Can connect up to four IDE devices.
  • BIOS

  • The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which
    detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the
    board automatically.
  • The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface
    (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications
  • Audio

  • Realtek ALC650 6-channel audio
  • SPDIF out (through S-Bracket only)
  • On-Board Peripherals

  • 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
  • 2 serial ports (COM A + COM B)
  • 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
  • 1 IrDA connector for SIR/ASKIR/HPSIR
  • 1 audio/game port
  • 1 D-Bracket™ pinheader
  • 1 S-Bracket pinheader
  • Special Functions

  • USB Interface
    - Supports USB 2.0 and downward compatible with USB 1.1
    - 6 ports USB 2.0 (Rear x 2 / Front x 4)
  • Bluetooth (KT3 Ultra2-BR)
    - 1 bluetooth connector on-board for bluetooth module
    connection (bluetooth module optional)
  • Promise 20276 On-Board (KT3 Ultra2-R, KT3 Ultra2-BR)
    - Supports ATA133 RAID 0 or 1
    - The two ATA133 RAID connectors support hard disk drives
    only
    Note: Only two hard disk drives will adopt the RAID function.
  • Special Features

  • PC Alert™III
  • Fuzzy Logic 4™
  • Live BIOS™
  • Live Driver™
  • S-Bracket™
  • MSI™ DVD (5.1 Channel)
  • D-Bracket™2
  • MSI™ Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth Function
  • ATA133 RAID Function
  • Miscellaneous

  • 30.4 cm(L) x 23.5 cm(W) ATX Form Factor
  • 6 mounting holes

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    Contents
    Inside the article:
    Page 1 First look
    Page 2 Specifications
    Page 3 Installation
    Page 4 Compatibility
    Page 5 Bluetooth
    Page 6 Reliability
    Page 7 Performance
    Page 8 Conclusions
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