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Soltek SL-85DRS2 Motherboard Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Published: Wednesday, February 06, 2002

Board Layout Cont

I really like how Soltek labeled the items on the motherboard, some seem redundant like the DDR333 label next to the memory and CPU next to the 478-processor socket, though many are helpful like the labels on the IDE connectors and complex header shown in the photos below.

Putting it together

This concludes the nickel tour of the SL-85DRS2 it is now time to start the assembly process. First we will start with the processor. Pictures do not do the P4 justice in relation to its size. Here I show the 478-pin Northwood processor next to a 1.2GHz Athlon, (Northwood is on the left). As you can see the P4 is quite a bit smaller with a more condensed pin grid.