A-trend ATC-6240

Friday, December 21, 2012

Last Updated: Thursday, September 30, 2021



Specs
Board type: ATX
Features: APM
Physical dimensions: L: 305mm (12in)
x
W: 190mm (7.48in)
AT or ATX Support: ATX power supply support.
CPU Type:
CPU Support:
Slot 1
Intel Pentium II/Celeron CPUs up to 400MHz on revisions R01/R02/R03 and R05, Intel Pentium II/III/Celeron CPUs up to 500MHz on revision R06. BIOS updates support newer CPUs depending on the board revision and BIOS version, see BIOS notes.
Chipset: Intel 440BX on ATC-6240M, and VIA Apollo 133 (693A + 596B) on ATC-6240V
Has onboard cache: No. This board succeeds the Socket 7 time period.
Integrated Video: No
Integrated Sound: No
Controller ports: 2x IDE [Ultra DMA/33 (33MB/sec) on ATC-6240M (though it seems to be UDMA/66 on my M board), Ultra DMA/66 (66MB/sec) on ATC-6240V]
1x Floppy
PCI and ISA Slots: 1x AGP (2x), 5x PCI, 2x ISA
Memory Slots:
Maximum Memory:
4x SDRAM DIMM
1GB (1024MB) RAM on all ATC-6240M boards, and 1.5GB (1536MB) RAM on all ATC-6240V boards. See manual in Downloads section for details.
Keyboard Support: PS/2 DIN-6 connector.
Has Mouse Support: Yes, both Serial and PS/2.
Has USB Support: Yes, USB 1.1
Has IrDA Support: Yes
Connectors: IrDA, SB-Link, Wake-on LAN
BIOS Notes: BIOS update 1.1.08 [1999/12/08] for 6240M R01/R02/R03 supports hard drives up to 128GB/137GiB. Previously it was a 32GB limit.
BIOS update 3.0r05 [2000/11/13] for 6240M R06 officially supports Cooppermine CPUs up to 850MHz, newer Celeron CPUs up to 733MHz, and some VIA Cyrix III CPUs. Unofficially supports 1GHz Intel Pentium III Coppermine CPUs that use the 100MHz bus speed.



Notes:


This board series may use Choyo capacitors that tend to leak near the CPU slot area of the board; will need to be recapped if this happens.


VOGONS thread: Looking for information on an A-Trend ATC6240V-01 with 440BX chipset - This thread is the reason this page was massively updated since its only creation date (no updates until then) of Dececmber 21, 2012.


ATC-6240M (ATC-6240 BX) Revisions:
R01/R02/R03: Green PCB, CPU area capacitor layout is in a backwards L pattern. There may be some minor PCB trace or component changes. [Silkscreen on bottom says: 391-6355-C00R0x - 1=R01, 2=R02, 3=R03]
R05: Same as R01/R02/R03 capacitor layout-wise, but is a gold PCB. Probably some minor PCB trace layout or component changes. [Silkscreen on bottom says: 391-6355-C00R05 - 5=R05]
R06: Gold PCB, but CPU area capacitor layout is in a sideways T pattern. Has a sticker labeled ATC-6240 over where ATC-6240V-01 is silkscreened. [Silkscreen on bottom says: 391-6355-C00R06 - 6=R06]

ATC-6240V Revisions:
V-00: Gold PCB, based on ATC-6240M rev R05, capacitor layout and all, but has a VIA chipset. Has a sticker labeled ATC-6240V-00 over where ATC-6240 is silkscreened. [Silkscreen on bottom says: 391-6355-C00R05]
V-01: Gold PCB, based on ATC-6240M rev R06, capacitor layout and all, but has a VIA chipset. [Silkscreen on bottom says: 391-6355-C00R06]



Downloads:

BIOS:

ATC-6240M (ATC-6240 BX)

R01/R02/R03:
1.1.03
1.1.07
1.1.08
---
R05:
2.0r04
---
R06:
3.0r01
3.0r02
3.0r03
3.0r04
3.0r05

ATC-6240V (VIA Chipset)

V-00:
2.0r02
---
V-01:
2.1r01
2.1r02
2.1r03
2.1r03a


Docs:

Manual:
ATC-6240M manual, .doc format - Manual is zipped.
ATC-6240M manual, .pdf format
ATC-6240V-00 manual, .pdf format
ATC-6240V-01 manual, .doc format - Manual is zipped.
ATC-6240V-01 manual, .pdf format

Notes:
ATX Power Connector Diagram - Forum post on Wimsbios.net regarding the A-trend pinout. From here.
Board Layout and Jumper Settings - Graphics-wise, it did not stand the test of time.
Release Notes for ATC-6240M R06, BIOS version 3.0r05 - The only preserved BIOS release note for this board series.
A-trend Technical Notice, No:TN000601 - This document mentions which ATC-6240M revision board is which, and which revision board can use Intel Coppermine CPUs.
Intel 440BX Chipset and RAM Module Compatibility FAQ - This generally applies to all boards using the 440BX chipset. Archived link here.
Award BIOS Setup - Generic document regarding the Award BIOS 4.51 setup layout.


Utilities:
Utilities - Utilities regarding the ATC-6240 series.


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