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soyo SY-KT600 DRAGON PLUS
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Date of last review
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11-06-2005
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100% of reviewers
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$84.86
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8.6
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Description:
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Chipset Type
VIA KT600
Chipset Description
VIA KT600 / 8237 chipset
Supports 266/333/400 MHz FSB
Graphics Info
AGP slot supporting up to 8X AGP
Form Factor
ATX
Memory Type
DDR400/333/266 SDRAM
Memory Description
Three DDR 2.5V DIMM sockets support up to 3GB (with 266 memory setting)
184-pin PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC, unbuffered DDR SDRAM memory
Click here for memory speed/CPU FSB compatibility information
Expansion Slots
Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant)
One Universal 8X AGP slot (supports 8x/4x modes)
Expansion Slot Types
Five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI
IDE Type
UDMA 66/100/133
IDE Description
2 channels Parallel ATA IDE ports
2 channels Serial ATA IDE ports
Supports RAID 0, 1
Supports up to PIO mode 5 & Ultra DMA 100/133
IEEE1394 Description
2 pin header (optional)
Audio Description
On board VIA 1616 6 channel CODEC
IO Port Description
Two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART compatible)
One parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
One FDD port (supports 3 modes, 1.2/1.44/2.88MB FDD)
Provides IrDA with optional cable for transceiver
Provides 8 USB 2.0 ports (4* rear, 4 pin header)
IO Connection Description
PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports
Two USB 2.0 ports
One embedded RJ45 LAN connector (10/100)
Two D-Sub 9-pin male serial ports
One D-Sub 25-pin female printer port
Audio I/O: LINE-OUT x 1, LINE-IN x 1, MIC JACK x 1
One game port (Pin Header)
BIOS Description
Award PCI BIOS with ACPI function
Supports multiple-boot from E-IDE / SCSI / CD-ROM / FDD / LS120 / ZIP
2 Mbyte Flash ROM
Health Monitoring Description
On board voltage monitors
CPU fan speed monitor
CPU temperature monitoring through thermal sensor
CPU overheating protection
Dimension Description
Four layers, 30.5 cm x 22 cm (12" x 8.7")
ATX form factor
Certification
FCC Class B & CE EMI Regulation Compliant. PC99 Compliant
Compatibilities
WinXP / Win2000 / WinNT / WinME / Win98SE / Linux / FreeBSD
Warranty
All SOYO products are designed to offer stability and flexibility, and are tested to ensure highest reliability. We offer a 1 year limited warranty on this SOYO product.
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02-27-2004, 08:00 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: slackware 9.1
Posts: 73
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $85.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.3
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slackware
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worked straight out of the box.
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03-16-2004, 07:38 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 348
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $112.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.4
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Slackware
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It works greatly with the 2.6.x kernel series. You'll have problems with the agpgart (chipset AGP support) module when using the 2.4.x series.
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08-10-2004, 03:44 PM
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#3
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Registered: Dec 1969
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $79.99 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.7-gentoo-r13
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Gentoo
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Everything works except some ACPI things, like thermal zone doesn't report correctly.
Sound has been an adventure. XMMS will play using ALSA, but aplay doesn't work correctly. It will repeat the first .25s of a wav file.
This is using the snd_via82xx driver from the kernel tree. Is this the right driver for this board???
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11-16-2004, 07:45 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Mandriva & Ubuntu
Posts: 1,025
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 0
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I have the Soyo-KT600 Dragon Plus V2.0 motherboard and I would not recommend it it to anyone trying to run Mandrake. It accpeted Thiz-Linux 7.0 but would not accept Mandrake 10.0 or Mandrake 10.1.
I am using the AMD Athlon processor with KT 600/8237 Chipset.
I believe my main problems center around my video card. I noticed the AGP slot had a piece of warning tape of 1.5volts only and I had no idea what this meant. I am using a GE-Force-2 Nvidia FX 440 64 MB video card.
Mandrake installs but will not get me to the NVIDIA splash screen on boot-up with 10.1. With mandrake 10.0 it installs but hangs on boot-up.
I was using a Albatron motherboard previously and I switched to Soyo with same exact chipset. I transferred all my hardware over to my Soyo board. Mandrake ran on my Albatron board just fine, but not on my Soyo board. I believe its because of the video/graphics card.
I called Soyo and they had no clue as to what Linux was or how it worked. All they knew was Windows. Terrible tech-support when they promised me a call back and they never bothered to even call me back with a solution.
I would avoid this board if you are running Mandrake.
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11-30-2004, 10:16 PM
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Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: RHEL 3 Enterprise/Fedora Core 3
Posts: 38
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $99.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.9-1
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Fedora Core 3
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Works extremely well with Redhat RHEL 3 Enterprise perfectly no problems.
Fedora Core 3 installs fine, except the sound module may need some tweaking to get the maximum sound output. Other than that, it is a really nice board.
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12-26-2004, 11:37 AM
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#6
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Registered: Dec 1969
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $85.00 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.3
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mandrake 10 official
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Everything worked except the USB. The bus was detected but did not detect usb mouse or any other usb devices plugged in after installation. Might just be a configuartion problem with Mandrake.
Video card: Nvidia (Chaintech) GForce FX-5200 AGP8 which works fine with no problems.
Audio: No problems. Using ALSA driver in xmms.
side note: anyone know where to plug the CD audio cable into the board?
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01-27-2005, 10:13 AM
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#7
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Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: Mepis
Posts: 21
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $53.00 | Rating: 4
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.7 or 2.6.10
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Mepis
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These kernels won't recognize onboard LAN VIA VT6102 Rhine II (rev78) unless SATA is disabled in the BIOS
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11-06-2005, 03:00 PM
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#8
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Registered: Dec 1969
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $80.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.14
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Distribution:
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Ubuntu
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Had no problems. Ubuntu auto detected everything.
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