OCWorkbench Exclusive : Jetway HA01-SDGE AM2 board Review

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Jetway introduces another new board for the AM2 processor. The model name is HA01-SDGE. HA01-SDGE is based on the NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP single chipset. The board looks just like any SLI capable mainboard with yellow and greenish PCIe slots to distinguish the 8x from 16x slot.
The board supports 6 SATA II ports with 1 IDE channel. It also supports SATA RAID0, 1, 0+1,5 functions On board is a MARVELL88E1116 gigabit LAN PHY which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data. This board also has a VIA 1394 controller for connections to DV and firewire devices. It also has High Definition Audio giving you true hifi sound through the S/PDIF Coaxial out.

The BIOS comes with many overclocking voltage options allowing the enthusiast to have fun with the processor. Something that we like is that Power and Reset buttons on the board, this makes testing easier without having to find a screw driver to short the pins to power down or reset the system.

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http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/jetway/HA01-SDGE/g1.htm

[zeroboi]

wooo... power and reset buttons... tts the new standard for the new intel p975 series motherboard aimed at overclockers... nice idea!

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It has a common feature on other boards like those form dfi and epox.

[Cspeeds]

i think this would make a reasonably priced media pc...but sux there r so many boards out there that r simulilar...may be jetway can pair up with some good quality case n media/theatre pc accesories to make them stand out?

btw, r those "solid-caps" in the pic?
it's interesting that there r solid-caps but no sinks on mosfets...

May be i need a lecture from an electrical engineer...

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I think this board would be very affordable judging from the usual price range of Jetway boards.

[trodas]

Amazing to see so many solid pomyler Os-con caps on such nicely priced board. Given my history with blown out caps on JetWay boards (after recap they working beautifully again) I see that as HUGE step forward Also no leftouts (eg. designed caps, but later pulled out by marketing suxxkas for price reasons) visible. For example my KT6V from MSI has space for 19 pcs of 1000uF 6.3V caps, yet only 9 are used...
(if these are Os-cons anyway, I overheard that very similar Taiwan ones might be used instead... The rest caps that looking like polymers (but having thre "K" vents as Rubycons-wanna-be) aren't polymers, they are Sacon caps that have sadly mixed results in reliability - sort of like Teapo caps...)

I wonder how the Taiwanese made these Vcore imput filter caps, as to my knowledle I never saw (not even in datasheets) a about 1000uF 12V polymer... Oh, well, they are only 330uF ones, oops. That is why it maybe require 5 phases...



Also I welcome the 8-pin 12V Vcore powering connector - I'm a bit sad that my Sapphire Grouper did not have it as well...

Seeing the 5 phase CPU WRM my heart start beat faster

The 3D performance is steady good as well... It should be nice mobo, if it keep the overclock stable

[trodas]

BTW, could someone post the overclocking results from this bejby and some experiences?

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Anyone running on this board?

[hummerstudio]

Originally Posted by ocworkbench

Anyone running on this board?

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=167711

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it seems that Jetway boards are only used in China ?