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Date 2003-11-30
Provider: Leadtek
Author: BigMan
Editor: Princess Ammie
Leadtek K7 NCR18D motherboard
Leadtek as a company is well known for their video cards. Tonite though we are having a look at one of their motherboards.
It's a Nforce 2 board that has the weird name K7 NCR18D. It seems to be a really nice board and has several good features.
We are going to test it against another Nforce 2 board to see how it can really perform. Stay tuned as tonite we are having a look
at another motherboard.
About Leadtek:
Founded in 1986, Leadtek Research, Inc. is a research and development company that is specialized in the design and manufacture of a wide range of high performance graphics and video solutions.
Award-winning products in Leadtek's Computer Group include the WinFast Series 3D graphics accelerators (mainstream and workstation-class), motherboards and multimedia cards. Products in its Communications Group include video telephony, surveillance and GPS solutions. Leadtek has always been focused on intensive R&D, and its ISO9001 manufacturing facility has been recognized as an industry quality leader. Leadtek is committed to a win-win strategy of identifying and meeting the needs of its users, thereby sharing a mutual success with its customers.
Specifications on the product:
Form factor ATX 304.8mm x 243mm (12"x 9.6")
CPU Support AMD Athlon/XP/Barton, Duron Socket A processors
CPU Bus Frequency range: 200 to 400MHz (DDR)
Platform Processors NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 + NVIDIA nForce2 MCP
Main Memory Supports 3 184 -pin DIMM sockets for DDR -SDRAM module (PC2100, PC2700, PC3200)
Support up to 3GB of memory
Expansion slots 1 x 32bit 8X AGP slot.
4 x 32bit PCI slot.
1 x ACR slot.
Adjustment setting for Best performance Adjustable CPU clock(100~200MHz)/ ratio(max to 24x). Vcore(1.1~2.0V),Vmem(2.5~2.7V), AGP Vddq(+0.2V & +0.1V).
Two Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 IDE ports Supports up to PIO mode 4, Multi-word DMA mode2 and Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 MB/Sec
Bus master drivers for most well-known OS
Double stack back-panel I/O connectors PS/2 Mini-Din mouse & keyboard ports
RJ45 connector (Lan version only)
Four USB2.0 Ports
One External Bracket with two USB2.0 ports (Optional)
One 25pin D-SUB female printer port
Two 9pin D-SUB male serial port for COM1 & COM2
Line_In, Line_Out and Mic_In jacks
System BIOS AWARD BIOS, supports PnP, APM, Multi-Device booting features (Floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, IDE, SCSI, ZIP, ATAPI)
Supports ACPI 1.0b (Advanced Configuration Power Interface): S1, S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 ( Suspend to DISK )
Boot-up anti-virus support
2MB flash ROM
Speed Gear II Hardware Monitor Speed Gear II Hardware Monitor provides main system information. You can read CPU/System Fan speed and temperature to provide the best overclocking capacity from Speed Gear II Hardware Monitor.
BIOS PC Health hardware monitoring Two thermal sensors protecting CPU and system
5 voltages monitoring input (+3.3V, +5V, Vddq, Vmem, Vcore)
With AMD XP series CPU, built-in CPU over temperature shutdown (O.T.S.) and overheated warning message functions to protect CPU from burnout. According to O.T.S. function, a temperature warning message window is going to pop-up as long as CPU is overheated, meanwhile, your system will be immediately shutdown to protect CPU from burnout.
Package contents WinFast K7NCR18D socket A motherboard
WinFast software pack CD
User's manual
Ultra ATA 100/133 IDE cable
720KB / 1.44MB / 2.88MB Floppy connecting cable v
USB module (Optional)
SPDIF output RCA jack bracket
Features:
Supports 200-400MHz(DDR) FSB for AMD Athlon/XP/Barton and Duron CPU
128-bit DualDDR memory architecture doubles the memory bandwidth for enhancing total system performance
Supports Hardware Monitoring utility for observing system status
Provides header for Smart Card Reader Interface and application program
BIOS and hardware offers CPU Over Temperature Shutdown (O.T.S) function to protect CPU from burnout
Support Vcore, Vmem, AGP Vddq and CPU ratio(Max to 24X) adjustment for better system compatibility
Supports AGP 8X interface for high-end 3D Graphics card
providing SPDIF interface and generally 6-channel output
USB2.0 controller with four USB2.0 ports onboard
Two Ultra ATA133 IDE dual channel interfaces, data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec
10/100Mbps LAN interface onboard. (LAN version only)
The product:
 
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No fancy pictures of the motherboard on this cover :) Although it's a nice box that does the work of protecting the motherboard well. On the back we find specifications and some features that this board holds.
 
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Included with this motherboard there is two SATA cables, I/O plate, floppy and a IDE cable. The right picture also shows some more that is included with the board.
The right picture shows the Winfast K7NFAL card which you plug in if you want an additional LAN, 1394, SPDIF, rear speakers or center and subwoofer connectors.
This all is on the card already but sometimes you just need more :)
More pictures >>>>> Page 2
Thank you Leadtek for making this review possible
Leadtek
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