Soyo SY-5VX

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Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:

Socket 7

Front Side Bus speed: 50/60/66/75 MHz
Supported architectures:

AMD K5 5k86
Cyrix 6x86 M1
Cyrix 6x86L M1L
Intel Mobile Pentium P54C
Intel Pentium P54C
Intel Pentium P54CQS
Intel Pentium P54CS
Intel Pentium MMX P55C
Intel Pentium MMX Overdrive P55C
Intel Pentium Overdrive P54CS

Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.

System memory

Type: EDO 70/60 ns
4x 72-pin SIMM
ECC memory is optional
Type: SDRAM 66 MHz
2x 168-pin DIMM

Max supported: 512.00 MB
Max cacheable 64/128 MB due to chipset limitations.

Platform

Northbridge/MCH: Intel 430VX
Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: Intel PIIX3
SuperIO: UMC UM8669F
Creative Vibra 16C audio IC over ISA bus
1 Mbit Parallel BIOS ROM

Power supply

Main board power: 20-pin ATX

Expansion slots

3 PCI slots
4 16-bit ISA slots

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
2x DE-9 serial
1x DB-25 parallel
Audio connectors: Line out, Line in, Microphone in
MIDI/game port

Internal I/O headers

2x USB 1.0 (1.1 Mb/s)
Audio headers: CD in
Wavetable header
IrDA header

Storage

2 IDE channels, up to 16 MB/s
Floppy connector, up to 2 drives

Circuit board

ATX form factor
PCB manufactured in the year 1996

Gallery

Attachments

Documentation

Official User's manual [PDF, 201.68 kB]

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Soyo SY-5VX

Specifications

CPU support

System memory

Platform

Power supply

Expansion slots

Rear I/O ports

Internal I/O headers

Storage

Circuit board

Gallery

Attachments

Documentation

Disclaimer

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