Soyo SY-6VBA133 Apollo Pro 133 Slot-1 ATX

The Bad

The stability was not up to par versus the AOpen AX63 Pro 133, but, being an average competitor, it performed similarly to ABIT boards. The layout is pretty standard other than the fact that the power cable must be stretched across the board making the cables more jumbled. The fact that Soyo included only two fan connectors, one of which can be blocked by a large heatsink, shows how noticeable and annoying cost cutting can be. The VIA Apollo Pro 133 has performed a bit slower than the i440BX chipset, so, for people trying to get maximal speed, this could be a factor. It would be nice to see a full manual included with the motherboard but that doesn't seem to be the trend nowadays.

USB Compatibility

• Number of Front Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 0

• Number of Rear Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2

• USB IRQ Enable/Disable in BIOS: Yes

• USB Keyboard Support in BIOS: Yes

Recommended SDRAM

Recommended SDRAM: 1 x 64MB Mushkin SEC Original PC100 SDRAM; 1 x 64MB Memory-Man SEC Original PC100 SDRAM

SDRAM Tested: 1 x 128MB Mushkin SEC Original PC100 SDRAM; 1 x 128MB Memory-Man SEC Original PC100 SDRAM

Manufacturer: The Memory Man
Purchase Web-Site: http://www.memory-man.com

Manufacturer: Mushkin
Purchase Website: http://www.mushkin.com