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Shuttle motherboards have been around for a very long time. However, until this review, I have never used one in my system or on the test bed. The Shuttle AK31 motherboard is based on the KT266 chipset and is aimed towards both a performance and a stability market, competing against the other top of the line KT266 motherboards including the Epox 8KHA and the MSI K7T266 Pro.

Let’s start out the review with the usual bit of specs on the motherboard itself:

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

Socket A (200/266 MHz Support)

Chipset

KT266

Form Factor

ATX

Multiplier Options

5.5 - 12.5x

Bus Speed Options

95-166 MHz in 1 MHz increments

Voltages

1.35v - 1.85v in +0.025v increments

Memory Support

4 x 184-pin DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100 Support

Expansion Slots

6/0/1/1 (PCI/ISA/AGP/CNR)

AGP Support

4x AGP

USB Support

2x Standard USB ports
4x Add-on USB ports

Integrated Components

AC'97 Audio

Bios

Award BIOS

Onboard IDE

2 x ATA100 EIDE