Henry Kuo van AnandTech heeft een review geplaatst van het Iwill KV200-R Socket A moederbord. Dit is het allereerste Athlon moederbord van Iwill, het maakt gebruik van de VIA KT-133 chipset en een ATA-100 RAID controller van American Megatrends.
De plank is uitgerust met 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP slot en 1 CNR slot. ISA ontbreekt, en dat in combinatie met on-board sound maakt dit bord vooral geschikt voor de OEM markt. Dat wordt bevestigd door een programma dat in het BIOS zit ingebakken om makkelijk op internet te komen. Helaas voor Iwill is dit moederbord niet zo stabiel als andere Socket A moederborden, zoals de Asus A7V en de Abit KT7:
One very noticeable feature of the Iwill KV200-R is the PhoenixNet support by Phoenix Technologies and AwardBIOS. The PhoenixNet Internet Launch System (ILS) is built into the BIOS firmware, and it will be installed together with your first install of Windows 98. Users can then use the program to connect to the Internet and log on to PhoenixNet free service. This can be useful for users who need guidance to the Internet, but for advanced users this might not be as useful. Moreover, since this software resides inside the BIOS, so the size limitation does not allow the software to be used in operating systems other than Windows 98.
[...] There are a few complaints we had against the motherboard, the biggest being the issue of stability. During our 24 hour Content Creation Winstone 2000 stability test, the KV200-R crashed for a total of 9 times, where as for other motherboards we have tested the average crash rate is about 6 to 7, with the best boards crashing no more than 1 or 2 times. It is important to note that not all the crashes are caused by the motherboard, since the operating system and software often contribute to a lot of the crashes. However, we try to isolate the motherboard as best as possible as the only cause of failures by keeping all other components and variables constant, so the number of crashes can be used for comparison.
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