Quality that shows (Chaintech 7NJS ZENITH)

Name: timmah10

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Product:	Chaintech 7NJS ZENITH
Date:	21/02/06 (113 review reads)
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Advantages: highly compatable, very high quality, RELIABLE BOARD

Disadvantages: several years old now (but still very compatable)

I bought this Motherboard when i was a total computer noob three or four years ago and its one of the only components left in my system that hasnt broken or been replaced, it was expensive at the time but well worth the money. The owner of the shop who sold me the board explained to me that when something is of a high quality that its worth bragging about, he then proceeded to show me the keyring that came with his new mercedees, he then showed me the equally extravagent keyring that came with the zenith; this is when i realised it really was a classy piece of equipment.

The specifications of the board are as follows:
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Form Factor ATX(305mm x 230mm)

CPU Supports AMD Socket A Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP CPU

System clock supports 200/266/333/400MHz


Chipset NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400+ MCP-T


Main Memory Three 184 pin DDR DIMMs up to 3GB

Supports PC1600/2100/2700/3200 Dual-Channel DDR modules

Expansion Slots One universal-AGP slot for both 4X/8XAGP

Five 32-Bit PCI slots (v2.2 compatible)

One ACR slot supports modem, audio, LAN or IEEE1394 adaptor


Audio Subsystem Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback

6 Channel speaker audio supports

Embedded 32OHM 5w earphone amplifier

Supports MIDI and game port

32 Voice HRTF 3D positional audio, CRL 3D supports MS Direct

Sound3D, Aureal A3D and Creative EAX APIs

Support SPDIF

Video Subsystem Video : 8X AGP


UltraDMA IDE Ports Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices

Supports PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi Mode 4 up to 66MBps, Multi Word Mode 5 up to 100MBps and Multi Word Mode 6 up to 133MBps with Bus Mastering

Bus-Mastering software drivers for all common multi-tasking operating systems


Embedded USB Controller Embedded USB1.1/2.0 Controller

Three EHCI USB 2.0 Controller support total 6 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports

Support USB 2.0 High-Speed Device @480 Mb/s Transfer Rates


On Board Super I/O Controller ITE 8712 LPC I/O with system monitors hardware

Two UARTs support serial ports and IR function (up to 115.2Kbps) for HPSIR and ASKIR

One SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port

One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB

Integrates smart card reader function and interface, to be qualified for meeting PC/SC standard


Embedded system monitoring 8 external voltage inputs

2 temperature sensing for CPU and system

2 Fan speed (CPU and system) monitoring


Boot-Block Flash ROM Award system BIOS support PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI, & Multi-device booting features


Software Driver CD (Chipset Autodetect)

Value Pack 2002/2003

DigiDoc System Monitoring Utility


Other Feature On-board SATA RAID Controller

Promise PDC20376 Serial ATA controller supports extra two Serial ATA ports and one UltraDMA-100/133 IDE port with RAID 0/1

On board connector for external device

Three 3x1 pin fan connector

2x1 pin fan connector with housing for Northbridge

Two 5x2 pin USB connectors for optional 4 front side USB2.0/1.1 ports

6x2 pin Infrared connector

3x1 pin wake on LAN connector with housing

3x1 pin wake on Modem connector with housing

Two 4x1 pin CD-in connectors with 2.54mm pitch housing

4x1 pin Aux-in connector with 2mm pitch housing

5x2 pin SPDIF connector

4x2 pin woofer/center connector for 6-channel audio

5x2 pin front side audio connector

9x2 pin front panel connector

7x2 pin Smart Card Reader connector

5x2 pin Segment display connector for 2-digits Debug LED

17x2 pin floppy connector
On-board LAN controller


Fast Ethernet Controller with MII Interface

Support 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet with External PHY

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As can be seen from the specifications this board is highly supportive and is by no means out of date despite its age. Unfrtunately this board does not support the new up and coming 64bit processors so if you are looking to future proof your system then this board is not for you (i would reccomend checking for the latest Chaintech boards).
The Cbox2 included with this board is also a handy utility as it monitors system performance and prevents harmful system damge, the display alerts problems to the user so if you are ever having problems with your pc or it wont boot up then this device will alert you to the problem component without the tiresome checking that is usually required. this Cbox2 is also used for overclocking utilities included with the board however i have not had a need to check this (support and instructions are included in user manual).
This is not only a powerful board but it is also aesthetically pleasing, it has the Zenith logo as a central motherboard fan in gold and comes bundled with tidy yellow cables so it is also a useful board for all you modders out there.

A lot of information regarding use of the board is included in the package including user manual, user guide and support and driver discs, making this a very user friendly piece of equipment, which also has advanced information for all you pros.

The fact that this board has lasted me over three years with daily use is a testament to the reliabilty of this board, it has never caused me a problem once and i am glad of the investment i made back then. This board is still compatible with almost all components on the market today (except 24bit processors) so if you are looking for a powerfull, compatible but most of all a reliable system then this is the board for you.

I will award this product **** it would be 5 if not for the age of the board and a lack of 64bit processing.

(specifications sourced from chaintech website available @ www.chaintech.com.tw)

Summary: The best computer part i've ever bought!

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