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Digital-Daily : Motherboard Reviews : jetway_ha03_ultra_amd_790x

Jetway HA03 Ultra (AMD 790X)

Jetway HA03 Ultra (AMD 790X)
Author: Aleksandr Mitrofanov
Date: 11.08.2008

Jetway HA03 Ultra
Chipset AMD 790X
CPU Socket AM2+
Memory DDR2 400/533/667/800/1066*
HDD 1x UltraDMA/133(RAID)
7x SerialATA II (RAID)
Extras High Definition Audio
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet LAN
2õ IEEE-1394
Price n/a

At our test lab today, we are having the motherboard Jetway HA03 Ultra built on the AMD 790X chipset. This chipset was already covered in a review on Gigabyte MA790-DQ6, so this time we'll be talking more about Jetway company. This Taiwanese manufacturer has been at the IT products for over 23 years, and it was 8 years ago when we tested our first Jetway motherboard. That time, the company was as highly popular as Soltek. In a couple of years, its produced vanished from the retail shelves in Russia. That was simultaneously with the first wave of "tier two" extinction when Acorp, Atrend, AOpen, Chaintech, Shuttle, Soltek, Soyo, and FIC ceased production of motherboards. Certainly, we presumed that Jetway shared their fate or, at best, changed the line of business. We were immensely surprised when in winter 2008 we saw a Jetway motherboard based on the modern Intel P35 chipset at a small provincial shop. Then, at Cebit 2008 and Computex 2008 we came across the expo stands of the company and were simply dazzled by the abundance of its exhibits. As it turned out, Jetway had not stopped production of motherboards; the produce has simply not been imported into our country all this time.

As regards the current situation, the produce of Jetway is poorly promoted on the Russian market. The search displays about thirty various offerings. These are mostly cheap motherboards with basic expansion options. As regards more expensive boards, vendors are still afraid of purchasing them in substantial quantities. So, let's see how their apprehension is true to life.

Jetway HA03 Ultra Specifications

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Jetway HA03 Ultra
CPU
- AMD Phenom FX /Phenom X4/Athlon X2/Sempron
Chipset
- North bridge AMD 790X
- South bridge AMD SB750
- Interbridge communications: A-Link 2
System memory
- Four 240-pin slots for DDR-II SDRAM DIMM
- Maximum memory capacity 8 GB
- Dual-channel memory access
- Supported memory DDR2 400/533/667/800/1066
- Onboard power indicator
Graphics
- Two PCI Express x16 slots
Expansion options
- Two 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots
- Two PCI Express x1 slots
- Twelve USB 2.0 ports (6 integrated + 6 additional )
- Integrated High Definition Audio
- Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller
Overclocking options
- HTT adjustable within 190 to 600 MHz; CPU and HT multiplier adjustable
- Adjustable voltage on the CPU, memory, and the chipset (nb)
Disk subsystem
- One link for UltraDMA133/100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (with support for up to two ATAPI devices & RAID 0, 1)
- Support for SerialATA II (6 links - SB750, with support for RAID 0,1,5, 0+1 and JBOD)
- Support for eSATA (1 link - SB750)
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM
BIOS
- 8 Mbit Flash ROM - Award Phoenix BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features, and Trend Chip Away Virus
Misc
- One port for FDD, one serial and one parallel port, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- Power-on, Reset buttons, and a button to clear BIOS settings
- IrDA
- STR (Suspend to RAM)
- SPDIF Out
Power management
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB
- 24-pin power connector ATX (ATX-PW)
- Additional 8-pin power connector
- Additional 4-pin Molex power connector
Monitoring
- Monitoring the temperatures of the CPU, system, voltages, indication of rotational speeds of the three fans
- SmartFan
Dimensions
- ATX form factor, 244 mm x 305 mm (9.63" x 12")

Content:

  • Page 1 - Specifications
  • Page 2 - Layout
  • Page 3 - Expansion options
  • Page 4 - BIOS, system monitoring
  • Page 5 - Overclocking and stability
  • Page 6 - Performance and conclusions




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