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Soltek SL-75DRV5 KT333 Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Friday, March 29, 2002
Board Layout and Features
The SL-75DRV5 is quite a bit different when compared to the SL-75DRV4. Generally speaking much of the
board is now cleaned of extra resistors and such, many of the dipswitches are now gone and the AGP pro slot was replaced
with a plain ole AGP 4x.
Board Layout and Features
The SL-75DRV5 is still a great display motherboard, everything of interest is labeled with
a sticker describing its purpose. ATA133, DDR333 and even a warning on the CPU socket give this board an edge over
the competition when viewed by a would-be buyer.
This board has something else to offer to the avid case modder that likes to show off their stuff, a purple PCB. Soltek has continued with their new "colored" trend. Athlon motherboards are purple where as Pentium motherboards are red. I found the purple color to be more rich then on the SL-75DRV4 but not quite the same as what you see on the website.
This board has something else to offer to the avid case modder that likes to show off their stuff, a purple PCB. Soltek has continued with their new "colored" trend. Athlon motherboards are purple where as Pentium motherboards are red. I found the purple color to be more rich then on the SL-75DRV4 but not quite the same as what you see on the website.
Since we are only given a few very low settings to play with while the memory is running at 166MHz we
are ensured compatibility with current memory modules along with modules could be available in the future.
Personally I found this to be somewhat annoying, especially during system tweaking and overclocking when you know your equipment has been tested to run at a certain speed, but when set causes the system to fail on reboot.
Personally I found this to be somewhat annoying, especially during system tweaking and overclocking when you know your equipment has been tested to run at a certain speed, but when set causes the system to fail on reboot.
