CHUN, hardware manufacturer famous primarily for their display devices, decided in 2002 that they required a bit of a face lift. The company changed its name to Albatron Technology and added motherboards to their offerings. Did it make an impact! Let us see dig in and see if this little guy can perform up to the levels of other Albatron-released motherboards.

Introduction

CHUN, hardware manufacturer known primarily for its display devices, decided in 2002that the company needed a bit of a face lift, something a name change and branching out into new markets would simply accomplish. The company changed its name to Albatron Technologies and added a new line of motherboards. Sweet mother of over-clocking, did that ever make an impact!

Still, you have probably never heard of them. If you have, it is probably not the first name that comes to mind when someone mentions motherboards. Do not feel too bad, at least not now. In the future, it might well be.

Since the name change, Albatron has become one of only three Taiwanese companies to have both Intel and AMD Direct Accounts, the other two being ASUS and MSI. The company is also an NVIDIA Certified Vendor, with being a VIA, SiS, and an ALI design partner. Albatron Technologies also claims to have produced the first DDR400 motherboard to market.

The Albatron KM18G Pro micro-ATXmotherboard based on the nForce2 chipset. Being a micro-ATXmotherboard means that this baby is designed for small custom cases LAN boxes and Home Theater Personal Computers (HTPC). But, sufficient with the blabbing; let us crack open the box and see what we have inside. Let us dig in and see if this little guy can perform up to the levels of other Albatron-released motherboards.