2 x IDE (Parallel ATA) for 2 ATA133 devices - chipset-based.Power connectors: standard ATX 2.2 (24 pins) and 4-pin ATX12V to power a processor.Processor socket (Socket AM2, officially supports all AMD Athlon 64/X2/FX/Sempron processors for this socket).Introduced Smart Fan modes into low-end models, which used to be unavailableĮven in expensive models from these manufacturers. However, you can also specify the desired speed or stop the fan manually using the bundled utility - Tiger One. Consequently, several fixed rotational speeds are an optimal choice to preserve minimal speed for the required temperature range. Smart Fan offers a logical algorithm, especially good for an inexpensive or boxed cooler, which usually cannot boast of an even noise spectrum along the entire range of speeds. If the temperature is still growing and reaches 65☌ – 67☌, the fan speed reaches maximum. Then the rotational speed grows stepwise to 75%. The fan rotates at half speed, until the CPU temperature exceeds 55☌. Smart Fan - automatic rotational speed control for a CPU cooler.CPU and board temperatures (by the corresponding embedded sensors).CPU core and battery voltages, +3.3, +5, and +12 V Standby.System monitoring (ITE IT8712F-S, according to BIOS Setup) Motherboard dimensions - 245x245 mm (standard microATX), nine-screw mount. The choice is just excellent! That's even surprising, as this model is as cheap as possible in other respects: an empty seat for a FireWire controller, which is installed in a more expensive model (6100M2MA-8EKRS2H), which is also equipped with a 8-channel HDA codec and a gigabit network adapter. The memory voltage regulator is reinforced with L-elements and incorporates capacitors solely from elite manufacturers (from the same two series). The 3-phase switching voltage regulator of the processor incorporates three field-effect transistors per channel, five 3300 uF capacitors from United Chemi-Con, and four 1500 uF capacitors from Rubycon. In this case we ran a file-exchange client for 24 hours, but we noticed no operating instabilities. Chipset cooling can be tested by copying large files from a local FTP server or loading the built-in network adapter in a different way (that's especially important for nForce4-series chipsets). A heatsink on the Southbridge gets hotter than that on the Northbridge, it's especially noticeable in active network traffic modes. But the voltage regulator, despite no cooling, gets hot only in marathon tests that heavily load a processor. Even the FDD connector is not blocked by the bottom PCI slot - it's located near IDE connectors instead.īoth bridges get rather hot during intensive operations. All peripheral and power connectors are located along the edges, the only jumper (clear CMOS) is also easily accessible and is equipped with a "handle". That's not the first time when we have practically no gripes with the layout of a microATX motherboard. The board has a connector for the second COM port in addition to COM and LPT connectors on the rear panel. Contrary to the modern tendency, two IDE connectors are preserved, the number of SATA connectors is also reduced to two.
Besides, there are components, for example, hardware keys for professional software and specific devices (indispensable) manufactured by local inventors, which cannot be connected to USB/FireWire.Įngineers of WinFast 6100M2MA-RS2H evidently wanted to design a motherboard with conservative functionality for this group of users. So offices keep a great number of fully operational devices that require outdated COM, LPT, IDE ports.
It's no secret that most corporate users are not eager to upgrade computers out of aesthetic reasons. Support for old interfaces can hardly be a competitive advantage for expensive motherboards, but there is no sin for entry-level models to take advantage of this argument. NVIDIA GeForce 6100 chipset (GeForce 6100 Northbridge and nForce 410 Southbridge).