Introduction
Date 2003-07-04
Provider: DFI
Author: BigMan
Editor: Princess Ammie
DFI Lanparty Kt400a
Finally we got some time to have a look at the now famous Lanparty board from DFI. This board comes loaded with stuff…. FrontX, Pc Transpo, Round cables etc… Also it’s got some nice features as 2 x Lan, Raid, Sata etc etc So stay tuned to see what we feel about this board…
About DFI:
DFI is an international IT expert based in Taiwan locating our Headquarters in Hsi-Chih City. DFI was established in 1981 under Mr. Y.C. Lu’s principal. Dedicating to servicing customer with high technology, DFI has been earning a worldwide reputation for quality owing much to the continuing support from our customers, suppliers and affiliates as well as our own efforts over the past twenty years. With more than 20 years of computer product developing and manufacturing, our team of highly skilled engineers helps DFI position ourselves as the standard setter of price-performance solution in the manufacturing and marketing of computer products.DFI offers a complete line-up of advanced motherboards as well as graphics solutions and Applied Computing Platforms to meet the expanding needs of the IT market. DFI also co-develops with IntelR and 3rd party developers for the latest technology on IT solution. These relationships lead customers to adopt DFI products with confidence.
Specs on the Lanparty Kt400a:
CPU AMD Athlon XP 266/333+MHz FSB (max. 400MHz)
AMD Athlon 266MHz FSB
CHIPSET
VIA� KT400A and VT8235CD
SYSTEM MEMORY
Supports up to 3GB memory (unbuffered DIMM)
Uses PC1600 (DDR200), PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333)or PC3200 (DDR400) DDR SDRAM DIMM, 2.5V type
Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
L2 cache memory
- Athlon XP / Athlon processor: built-in 256KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache
BIOS Award BIOS, Windows� 95/98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play compatible
Genie BIOS provides:
- CPU/DRAM overclocking in 1MHz stepping
- CPU/AGP/DRAM/Chipset overvoltage
4Mbit flash memory
POWER MANAGEMENT
Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management
Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
Wake-On-Events include:
- Wake-On-Ring (external modem)
- Wake-On-LAN
- RTC timer to power-on the system
HARDWARE MONITOR
Monitors CPU/system temperature
Monitors 12V/5V/3.3V/CPU/VBAT(V)/5VSB(V)/DDR/AGP voltages
Monitors CPU/chassis fan speed
Automatic chassis fan on/off control – this prevents system overheat and prolongs fan life
Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan speed
CPU Fan Protection function monitors the CPU fan during system boot-up
CPU Temperature Protection function monitors CPUtemperature during system boot-up
AUDIO FEATURES
AC’97 2.2 S/PDIF extension compliant codec
Supports Microsoft� DirectSound/DirectSound 3D
AC�97 supported with full duplex, independent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback
6-channel audio output
LAN FEATURES
Uses VIA VT6103 Phy chip
- Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible PHY
Uses Realtek RTL8101L fast ethernet controller
- Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible PHY
ATA RAID
RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 1.5
Two independent IDE channels support 4 hard disk drives (UDMA modes 33/66/100/133 or EIDE)
Supports PIO modes 0/1/2/3/4, DMA modes 0/1/2 and UDMA modes 0/1/2/3/4/5/6
PCI IDE INTERFACE
Supports ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133 hard drives
UDMA Modes 3, 4, 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE (datatransfer rate up to 133MB/sec.)
SATA IDE INTERFACE
Uses Marvell 88i8030 chip
Supports one SATA (Serial ATA) interface which is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification
(1.5Gbps interface)
IEEE 1394A INTERFACE
Uses VIA VT6306 chip
Supports three 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports
CPU SOCKET
Socket A
Equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects 1.100V to 1.850V
ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT (A.G.P.)
Supports AGP 8x up to 2132MB/sec. and AGP 4x up to 1066MB/sec. bandwidth for 3D
graphics applications REAR PANEL I/O PORTS
4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 RJ45 LAN ports
2 DB-9 serial ports
1 DB-25 parallel port
1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
3 audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in
I/O CONNECTORS
1 connector for 2 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
3 connectors for 3 external IEEE 1394a ports
1 connector for 1 external game/MIDI port
1 connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks
2 internal audio connectors (AUX-in and CD-in)
1 4-channel audio output connector
1 S/PDIF-in/out connector
1 connector for IrDA interface
2 RAID IDE connectors
1 connector for serial ATA interface
2 IDE connectors
1 floppy connector
2 ATX power supply connectors
1 Wake-On-LAN connector
3 fan connectors for CPU, chassis and second chassis fans
EXPANSION SLOTS
1 AGP slot that supports 8x/4x AGP
5 PCI slots
PCB
4 layers, ATX form factor
30.5cm (12″) x 24.5cm (9.64″)
The board and acessories:
Please click on thumbnails to get bigger pictures
The box that contains the product and the accessories is almost twice as big as normal motherboard boxes 
But it’s a nice looking box which will attract alot of people… On the back then we find the features of this board…
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