|
Since 1990, the Taiwan
based
Shuttle Computer Group Inc. has been producing
high quality computer components. Providing a wide
variety of products ranging from Video cards,
motherboards, memory modules, and accessories has
allowed Shuttle to profit in an increasingly
competitive market. Their Spacewalker series of
motherboards has been winning awards for several
years for both quality and performance. Tonight
we'll be taking a look at yet another addition to
the Spacewalker family, the Shuttle Spacewalker
AE23.
The AE23 is an i815EPO based motherboard that
offers a good balance between quality and
performance. We had the opportunity to drop this
board into our rig and give it spin. Little did we
know, we were in for a few surprises. Read on a
little further to see what we found.
|
| Specifications
/ Features of the Shuttle AE23 |
| Intel
Inside |
|
Chipset
Intel 815EP/82801BA
Form Factor
ATX
Size: 305mm x 241mm
Processor
Socket 370
Intel PPGA/FC-PGA Celeron 300 ~ 533+MHz/ 66
MHz FSB
Intel FCPGA/FC-PGA Celeron 533 ~ 700+MHz/ 66
MHz FSB
Intel FC-PGA Pentium III 500 ~ 1GHz/ with
100/133 MHz FSB
Expansion Slot
1 x 4XAGP
6 x PCI
1 x CNR
Memory
3 x DIMM
Supports PC133 SDRAM up to 512MB
On board I/O Controller
1 x Floppy port
1 x VGA
2 x Serial port (16550 fast UART compatible)
1 x Parallel port (SPP, EPP, ECP port)
4 x USB port
1 x Game port
Li/Lo/Mic
IrDA Header |
On board IDE
Controller
Supports PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2
Supoorts UDMA 33/66/100 IDE interface
Transfer rate up to 100 MBytes/sec
Ultra DMA/
100 IDE Ports
2 x Ultra DMA/100 Bus Master IDE
80-pin Cable Backward Compatible
Supports ATAPI CD, CDR, CDRW, LS-120
Onboard audio
AC97 Audio
Bios
4MB Bios with full ACPI, APM, DMI, Green,
PnP
CPU FSB/Multiplier Ratio & Boot Media
Selections
Hardware monitor
Core voltage monitoring
CPU temperature monitoring
3 x Fan speed control
2 x Fan Power On/Off control
Other features
K/B and Mouse wake up
Wake-On-Ring
Wake-On-Alarm
Power fail resume
Support 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB floppy
Hardware monitoring
Support 4X AGP
|
The
Shuttle Spacewalker AE23 Motherboard ships with a
standard
Users Manual, a Floppy Drive Cable, and one 80-Pin
Hard Drive Cable. The package also includes
a CD that contains chipset drivers, AC97 audio
drivers, and a synthesizer utility.
We were a little disappointed to see the a USB
adapter was not included in the package.
Often with motherboards that boast additional USB
connections on the motherboard, an adapter is
provided to allow you to easily take advantage of
the additional ports. We've already
documented in several other reviews that this
adapter has proven to be a little difficult to
locate in the after market. We hope that
Shuttle decides to start providing this adapter in
future motherboard releases.
Quality, Installation, and The Bios
|
