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Specifications
ABIT NF7-S | |
Supported CPUs | Socket A AMD Athlon XP/Duron |
Chipset | NVIDIA nForce2 (MCP2-T) |
FSB frequencies | 100-237MHz |
DDR DIMM slots | 3 |
AGP slot | AGP 8x |
Expansion Slots (PCI/ACR/CNR) | 5/0/0 |
USB 2.0 ports | 6 |
IEEE 1394 ports | 2 |
Integrated IDE RAID controllers | Silicon Image Sil3112A SerialATA RAID controller (two SerialATA-150 channels) |
Integrated Sound | 6-channel APU built into the South Bridge; |
Integrated LAN | Fast Ethernet integrated into the South Bridge |
Additional Features | Serillel ATA, Media XP support |
BIOS | Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG |
Form-Factor | ATX, 305x245mm |
At first, ABIT named its nForce2-based mainboard NV7-8X, but then changed its mind and replaced the name with NF7. The NF7 family from ABIT consists of three models: NF7, NF7-M and the hero of our today’s review - NF7-S. The differences between the models are the following: NF7 is equipped with a lower-functionality South Bridge (MCP2) and has no Serial ATA controller. NF7-M has the same MCP2 South Bridge, but its North Bridge has an integrated graphics processor. NF7-S differs from NF7 by its MCP2-T South Bridge (which provides FireWire support) and SerialATA controller.
Besides U-ATA and FDD cables, a user’s manual and a back panel bracket (the connectors layout is non-standard in NF7-S), the mainboard package also includes:
- USB 2.0 (two ports) bracket for the back panel of the chassis;
- Similar bracket for FireWire ports;
- Serial ATA cable;
- An interesting device aka Serillel ATA and an instruction guide about its installation, printed on an A4 sheet. We will talk about Serillel ATA later on in this article.
Here are the connectors available on the mainboard:
We see ordinary PS/2 connectors for the mouse and keyboard, two COM and one LPT port, one Ethernet port, two USB ports, 5.1 audio connectors, and an optical S/PDIF output.
