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Foxconn 975X7AA

Six 975X Enthusiast Motherboards for Today and Tomorrow
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Foxconn's motherboard is somewhat colorful.
Foxconn 975X7AA (Rev. 1.0)
Platform Sockel LGA775
Northbridge Intel 975X (Rev. C0)
Southbridge Intel ICH7R (82801 GB)
Phasen 3-Phasen Regulator
BIOS 597F1P23 (03/02/2006)
Clock Chip ICS 9LPR5511CGLF
Clock Setting in BIOS Measurement
266.6 MHz (FSB1066) 266.1 MHz (-0.25%)
SPD Memory Timing Recognition Timing Result
DDR2-667 CL 4.0-4-4-12 (setup 4.0-4-4-8)
Interfaces
Connectors onboard / IO - panel
USB 2.0 4 / 4
IEEE1394/Firewire 1 / 1
Serial COM Port none / 1
Parallel LPT Port none / 1
Game none
LAN none / 2
WLAN none
SATA 5 / 1
Audio analog LineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels
Audio digital none / optical Out
Connectors onboard only
PCIe 16x 2
PCIe 4x 0
PCIe 1x 2
PCI 2
IDE (PATA) 1 (2 channels)
Fan 4 pins (CPU) 1
Fan 3 pins (System) 2
Mass Storage Controller
ICH7 1x IDE (ATA100)
4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10)
Silicon Image SiL3132CNV 1x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1,5)
LAN
Marvell 88E8053 PCIe 1 Gbit/s LAN
Marvell 88E8053 PCIe 1 Gbit/s LAN
Audio
Realtek ALC882 AC97 (High Definition Audio)
IEEE1394/Firewire
Texas Instrument TSB43AB22A 2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s)

Foxconn offers all connectors from eSATA to dual Gigabit Ethernet. The antiquated cap for the optical audio connector would be better exchanged for a flap cover, though.

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    Anonymous , November 13, 2011 7:22 PM
    has anyone ever tested this (my) MB with a core 2 duo processor? Does it work?