The End User Pays: 13 Boards With Intel 845GE/PE

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Manufacturer QDI Intel Aopen Aopen
Website www.qdigrp.com www.Intel.com www.aopen.com/ www.aopen.com/
Model PlatiniX 2E/ 333 D845PEBT2 AX4PE Max AX4GE Max
Revision 1.0 (S1.2) unknown 91 81
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX
Chipset Detail
Northbridge Intel 845PE (82845PE) Intel 845PE (82845PE) Intel 845PE (82845PE) Intel 845GE (82845GE)
Southbridge ICH 4 (FW82801DB) ICH 4 (FW82801DB) ICH 4 (FW82801DB) ICH 4 (FW82801DB)
HyperThreading yes yes yes yes
Clock Generator ICS 950213AF CYP 617200 ICS 950225CF ICS 950225CF
FSB Speed
CPU Clock (3066.66 MHz) 3055.98 (-0.40%) 3067.27 (+0.02%) 3081.76 (+0.49%) 3081.76 (+0.49%)
FSB Clock (133.33 MHz) 132.87 (-0.40%) 133.36 (+0.02%) 133.99 (+0.49%) 133.99 (+0.49%)
Memory
Max. Memory 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows)
DDR-SDRAM Slots 3 3 3 3
Memory Type (DDR) 266/ 355 (no DDR333) 266/ 333 266/ 333 266/ 333
Components
Dimensions (L x W) 30.5 cm x 23.3 cm 30.5 cm x 21.7 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm
PCI/ AGP (mode) 6/ 1 (4x) 5/ 1 (4x) 6/ 1 (4x) 6/ 1 (4x)
ACR/ AMR/ CNR 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 1 0/ 0/ 1 0/ 0/ 1
Parallel/ Serial/ Game 1/ 2 (1x slot)/ 1 1/ 1/ 0 1/ 2/ 0 1/ 1/ 0
PS2 Mouse/ Keyboard 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1
USB 2.0 external/ on Board 2/ 4 4/ 0 4/ 2 4/ 2
Sensor (Case Open) no yes no no
Infrared yes no yes yes
Firewire-Controller/ Ports no agere FW323-05/ 2 Texas Instrument TSB43AB22/ 2 Texas Instrument TSB43AB22/ 2
SCSI-Controller no no no no
Piezo Speaker (on Board) no yes yes yes
Power Connection ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12
Network Interface
Manufacturer no Intel 82562ET Realtek RTL8100BL Realtek RTL8100BL
Speed (Mbit) a/ n 10/ 100 10/ 100 10/ 100
Cooling
Northbridge Fan 0 0 0 0
Connector Fan 3 3 3 3
CPU Temp. Sensor yes yes yes (1x Kernel 1x CPU) yes (1x Kernel 1x CPU)
System Temp. Sensor yes yes (2) yes yes
Extra Temp. Sensor no no no no
Cooling Control no Fan Control Slilent (Hardware Monitor III) Slilent (Hardware Monitor III)
Row 39 - Cell 0 Row 39 - Cell 1 Row 39 - Cell 2 CPU, SYSTEM Speed Manager CPU, SYSTEM Speed Manager
Drive Interfaces
IDE Connector (Mode) 2 x 2 (UDMA 100) 2 x 2 (UDMA 100) 2 x 2 (UDMA 100) 2 x 2 (UDMA 100)
Additional (IDE) Controller no Silicon Image Promise "Light" (no CDROM) Promise "Light" (no CDROM)
Row 43 - Cell 0 Row 43 - Cell 1 Sil3112ACT144 PDC20375 PDC20375
Row 44 - Cell 0 Row 44 - Cell 1 2 x SATA (UDMA150) 1 x IDE (UDMA133) 1 x IDE (UDMA133)
Row 45 - Cell 0 Row 45 - Cell 1 Row 45 - Cell 2 2 x SATA (UDMA150) 2 x SATA (UDMA150)
Sound Interface
Manufacturer Realtek Cadenza SoundMAX Realtek Realtek
Art ALC650 AD1980 ALC650 ALC650
5.1 Surround yes yes yes yes
Connections external/ on Board 3/ 2 5 3/ 2 3/ 2
Line-External (on Board) 1x IN, 1x OUT, 1x MIC 1x IN, 1x OUT, 1x MIC 1x IN, 1x OUT, 1x MIC 1x IN, 1x OUT, 1x MIC
Row 52 - Cell 0 Row 52 - Cell 1 1 x L/ R Out, 1x C/ Sub out Row 52 - Cell 3 Row 52 - Cell 4
Row 53 - Cell 0 Row 53 - Cell 1 Dig/ Opt Digi out Row 53 - Cell 3 Row 53 - Cell 4
Line-Internal (on Board) 1x CD, 1x Modem 1 x CD 1 x CD, 1 x AUX 1 x CD, 1 x AUX
Line-Extra 1x Digital out (SPDIF) 1x Optical out (SPDIF) 1x Optical out/ in (SPDIF) 1x Optical out/ in (SPDIF)
Row 56 - Cell 0 Row 56 - Cell 1 1x Digital out (SPDIF) 1x Digital out/ in (SPDIF) 1x Digital out/ in (SPDIF)
Settings CPU/ Board
Method Bios, Jumper Bios, Jumper Bios, Jumper Bios, Jumper
Multiplier/ Increments (x) Auto Auto Auto Auto
FSB - Frequency/ Step (MHz) 100 - 133 - 166/ 4 100 - 133/ 130.66 - 138.66 100 - 248/ 1 100 - 248/ 1
AGP/ PCI - Frequency/ Step (MHz) no no 66.67 - 96.50/ 0.2 66.67 - 96.50/ 0.2
CPU/ PCI - Frequency/ Step (MHz) no no 33.33 - 48.25/ 0.3 33.33 - 48.25/ 0.3
CPU - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 1.475 - 1.775/ 0.025 no 1.100 - 1.925/ 0.025 1.100 - 1.925/ 0.025
Memory - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 2.5 - 2.75/ 0 no 2.50 - 2.65/ 0.05 2.50 - 2.65/ 0.05
AGP - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 1.6 - 1.65/ 0 no 1.50 - 1.60/ 0.034 1.50 - 1.60/ 0.034
Chipset - Voltage Range/ Step (V) no no no no
Bios
Manufacturer Phoenix Award Phoenix Award Award
Version V2.1SLCP BT84520A.86A.0012.P05 R1.02 R1.02
Date 10/10/2002 11/01/2002 10/17/2002 10/11/2002
Language Eng, Chin Ger, Fr Eng Eng
Boot Devices Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, HDD, CDROM, USB, SATA, Floppy, HDD, CDROM, LS120 Floppy, HDD, CDROM, LS120
Row 73 - Cell 0 CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, LAN LAN ZIP, LAN, SCSI ZIP, LAN, SCSI
Row 74 - Cell 0 USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD Row 74 - Cell 2 Row 74 - Cell 3 Row 74 - Cell 4
Update Tools DOS (AWARDFLASH) DOS (Boot Disk) Windows (EzWinFlash) Windows (EzWinFlash)
Row 76 - Cell 0 Windows (QFlash) DOS (Iflash ) Row 76 - Cell 3 Row 76 - Cell 4
Manual Interrupt Assignment yes yes yes yes
Temperature Monitoring yes yes yes yes
Fan Status Monitoring 1x CPU, 1x System 1x CPU, 2x System 1 x CPU Kernel, 1 x CPU 1 x CPU Kernel, 1 x CPU
Row 80 - Cell 0 1 x Power Row 80 - Cell 2 1 x System 1 x System
Voltage Monitoring (V) Vcore, +3.3, +5, +12, -12 Vccp, +1.5, +3.3, +5 Vcore, +3.3, +5, +12 Vcore, +3.3, +5, +12
Row 82 - Cell 0 VBAT, 5V Sandby +12 -12, -5, Vbat, 5VSB -12, -5, Vbat, 5VSB
Boot Time 1 sec 3 sec 3 sec 3 sec
Adapter
USB 4x USB 2.0 2x USB 2.0 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 2.0
Sound 1 x Cinch SPDIF no 1 x Optical out and in SPDIF 1 x Optical out and in SPDIF
Row 87 - Cell 0 Row 87 - Cell 1 Row 87 - Cell 2 1 x Cinch out and in SPDIF 1 x Cinch out and in SPDIF
IEEE1394 no Row 88 - Cell 2 2 x 6 Pol 2 x 6 Pol
Kabel 1 x UDM100, 1 x UDM 33 2 x SATA150 2 x UDMA100 1 x UDMA33 2 x UDMA100 1 x UDMA33
Row 90 - Cell 0 1 x Floppy Row 90 - Cell 2 1 x SATA150 1 x SATA150
Handbuch/ Quality yes/ good yes/ normal yes/ very good yes/ very good
Quick Setup Guide no yes yes yes
Miscellaneous 1 x Board Bracket 1 x Board Bracket 1 x Registration Crad 1 x Registration Crad
Row 94 - Cell 0 3 x Jumper 1 x Superbeam Array Mic. 1 x EzRestore Instalation Book 1 x EzRestore Instalation Book
Row 95 - Cell 0 1 x Driver CD Row 95 - Cell 2 1 x Board Bracket 1 x Board Bracket
Row 96 - Cell 0 Row 96 - Cell 1 Row 96 - Cell 2 1 x Driver Disk (Promise) 1 x Driver Disk (Promise)
Software Row 97 - Cell 1 IBM ViaVoice 1 x Norton Antivirus 2002 1 x Norton Antivirus 2002
Row 98 - Cell 0 Row 98 - Cell 1 net2phone 1 x Pro Magic 6.0 1 x Pro Magic 6.0