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

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Manufacturer DFI Iwill Biostar Siemens Siemens
Website www.dfi.com www.iwillusa.com www.biostar.com.tw www.fujitsu-siemens.com www.fujitsu-siemens.com
Model NB78-HL P4HT-S P4TGE D1527 D1547
Revision R.PR11 1.1 1.5 A20 GS1 A20 GS1
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX
Chipset Details
Northbridge Intel 845PE (82845PE) 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) ICH 4 (FW82801DB)
HyperThreading yes yes yes yes yes
Clock Generator Realtek RTM360-111R Realtek RTM360-110R no CYP 623131 CYP 631943
FSB Speed
CPU Clock (3066,66 MHz) 3059.44 (-0.23%) 3059.47 (-0.24%) 3123.14 (+1.91%) 3057.53 (-0.29%) 3057.53 (-0.29%)
FSB Clock (133.33 MHz) 133.02 (-0.23%) 133.02 (-0.24%) 135.79 (+1.91%) 132.94 (-0.29%) 132.94 (-0.29%)
Memory
Max. Memory 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows) 2048 MB (4 Rows)
DDR-SDRAM Slots 2 2 2 2 2
Memory Type (DDR) 266/ 333 266/ 333 266/ 333 200/ 266/ 333 200/ 266/ 333
Components
Dimensions (L x W) 30.5 cm x 21.0 cm 30.5 cm x 22.0 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm
PCI/ AGP (mode) 6/ 1 (4x) 5/ 1 (4x) 5/ 1 (4x) 6/ 1 (4x) 6/ 1 (4x)
ACR/ AMR/ CNR 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0 1/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 1
Parallel/ Serial/ Game 1/ 2/ 1 1/ 1 (1 x Slot)/ 0 1/ 1/ 0 1/ 1/ 0 1/ 1 ( 1 x External)/ 0
PS2 Mouse/ Keyboard 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1
USB 2.0 external/ on Board 2/ 4 3/ 3 2/ 2 2/ 4 4/ 2
Sensor (Case Open) no no no yes yes
Infrared yes yes yes no no
Firewire Controller/ Ports no no VIA VT6306/ 3 no no
SCSI-Controller no no no no no
Piezo Speaker (on Board) no no no no no
Power Connection ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12 ATX, AUX12
Network Interface
Manufacturer Realtek RTL8100BL Realtek RTL8100BL no Intel 82562EM Intel 82562EM
Speed (Mbit) 10/ 100 10/ 100 n/a 10/ 100 10/ 100
Cooling
Northbridge Fan 0 1 0 0 0
Connector Fan 3 2 2 3 3
CPU Temp. Sensor yes yes yes yes yes
System Temp. Sensor yes no no yes yes
Extra Temp. Sensor. no no no yes yes
Cooling Control no no no Silent Control, CPU and System FAN Silent Control, CPU and System FAN
Row 39 - Cell 0 Row 39 - Cell 1 Row 39 - Cell 2 Row 39 - Cell 3 (Hardware Bios) (Hardware Bios)
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) 2 x 2 (UDMA 100)
Additional (IDE) Controller no Promise PDC20275 Promise "Light" (no CDROM) no no
Row 43 - Cell 0 Row 43 - Cell 1 PDC20375/ 2 x IDE (UDMA133) PDC20375 Row 43 - Cell 4 Row 43 - Cell 5
Row 44 - Cell 0 Row 44 - Cell 1 Silicon Image 1 x IDE (UDMA133) Row 44 - Cell 4 Row 44 - Cell 5
Row 45 - Cell 0 Row 45 - Cell 1 2 x SATA (UDMA150) 2 x SATA (UDMA150) Row 45 - Cell 4 Row 45 - Cell 5
Sound Interface
Manufacturer Realtek Realtek Cmedia ADI (Soundmax) ADI (Soundmax)
Art ALC202A ALC650 C3DX CMI8738 AD1981A AD1981A
5.1 Surround no (3D Stereo) yes yes no no
Connections external/ on Board 3/ 2 6/ 2 3/ 1 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 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 52 - Cell 5
Row 53 - Cell 0 Row 53 - Cell 1 1 x Dig. Opt. Out Row 53 - Cell 3 Row 53 - Cell 4 Row 53 - Cell 5
Line-Internal (on Board) 1 x CD no 1 x CD 1 x CD, 1 x Digial out 1 x CD, 1 x Digial out
Line-Extra 1x Digital out (SPDIF) no no no no
Settings CPU/ Board
Method Bios Bios Bios Bios Bios
Multiplier/ Increments (x) Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto
FSB - Frequency/ Step (MHz) 100 - 133 - 165/ 1 100 - 133 - 250/ 1 100 - 133 - 160/ 1 100 - 133 100 - 133
AGP/ PCI - Frequency/ Step (MHz) 66 - 75 - 88 66 - 75 - 88 no no no
CPU/ PCI - Frequency/ Step (MHz) Synchronous (1:2) with AGP CPU to PCI (2/3/4/5/6) no no no
CPU - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 1.575 - 1654 - 1.733 (+5%, +10%) 1.175 - 2.000/ 0.025 1.550 - 1.576 - 1.603 - 1.629 no no
Memory - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 2.5 - 2.9/ 0.1 2.6 - 2.9/ 0.1 2.5 - 2.8/ 0.1 no no
AGP - Voltage Range/ Step (V) 1.5 - 1.8/ 0.1 no no no no
Chipset - Voltage Range/ Step (V) no no no no no
Bios
Manufacturer Award Workstation Bios Phoenix/ Award Workstation Bios Phoenix/ Award Workstation Bios Phoenix Phoenix
Version First Release 36272A TGE1009V V4.06 R1.00A 1527 (BETA BIOS) V4.06 R1.00A 1547 (BETA BIOS)
Date 10/17/2002 10/21/2002 10/09/2002 10/29/2002 10/29/2002
Language Eng Eng Eng Eng Eng
Row 71 - Cell 0 Row 71 - Cell 1 Row 71 - Cell 2 Row 71 - Cell 3 Row 71 - Cell 4 Row 71 - Cell 5
Boot Devices Floppy, HDD, CDROM, SCSI, LS120 Floppy, LS120, HDD, OnBD, ZIP100, Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CDROM Floppy, HDD, CDROM, LAN, USB Floppy, HDD, CDROM, LAN, USB
Row 73 - Cell 0 ZIP100, LAN USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, ZIP100, LAN Row 73 - Cell 4 Row 73 - Cell 5
Row 74 - Cell 0 Row 74 - Cell 1 USB-HDD, LAN Row 74 - Cell 3 Row 74 - Cell 4 Row 74 - Cell 5
Update Tools DOS (AWDFLASH) DOS (FLASH) DOS (FLASH) DOS (BOOTDISK) DOS (BOOTDISK)
Manual Interrupt Assignment yes yes yes yes yes
Temperature Monitoring yes yes yes yes yes
Fan Status Monitoring 1 x CPU, 1 x System 1 x CPU 1 x CPU 1 x CPU, 1 x System 1 x CPU, 1 x System
Row 79 - Cell 0 1 x Chassis Row 79 - Cell 2 Row 79 - Cell 3 (Message LED, Software) (Message LED, Software)
Voltage Monitoring (V) CPU, +1.5, +3.3, +5, +12 Vcore, +3.3, +5, +12 CPU, AGP, +3.3, +5, +12 Bios Bios
Row 81 - Cell 0 -12, VBAT, 5VSB VBAT, 5VSB -12, VBAT, VSB (Software) (Software)
Boot Time 2 sec 2 sec 2 sec 4 sec 4 sec
Adapter
USB 2 x USB 2.0 no 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 2.0
Sound no no no no no
IEEE1394 no Row 86 - Cell 2 3 x 6 Pole Row 86 - Cell 4 Row 86 - Cell 5
Cable 1 x UDMA100 1 x Floppy 2 x UDMA100 1 x Floppy 1 x UDMA100 1 x Floppy 2 x UDMA100 1 x UDAM33 1 x Floppy 2 x UDMA100 1 x UDAM33 1 x Floppy
Row 88 - Cell 0 Row 88 - Cell 1 2 x SATA 2 x SATA Row 88 - Cell 4 Row 88 - Cell 5
Handbuch/ Quality yes/ good yes/ good yes yes/ very good yes/ very good
Quick Setup Guide yes no no no no
Miscellaneous Row 91 - Cell 1 3 x Jumper Row 91 - Cell 3 1 x Board Bracket 1 x Board Bracket
Row 92 - Cell 0 Row 92 - Cell 1 1 x CD Tools Row 92 - Cell 3 1 x "Fujitsu-Siemens" Sticker 1 x "Fujitsu-Siemens" Sticker
Row 93 - Cell 0 Row 93 - Cell 1 1 x Disk SATA Driver Row 93 - Cell 3 1 x Ext. Temp. Sensor 1 x Ext. Temp. Sensor
Row 94 - Cell 0 Row 94 - Cell 1 1 x Board Bracket Row 94 - Cell 3 1 x Retention Model 1 x Retention Model
Row 95 - Cell 0 Row 95 - Cell 1 Row 95 - Cell 2 Row 95 - Cell 3 1 x Driver CD 1 x Driver CD
Row 96 - Cell 0 Row 96 - Cell 1 Row 96 - Cell 2 Row 96 - Cell 3 1 x Rentention Model Row 96 - Cell 5
Software Row 97 - Cell 1 Adobe Acrobat Reader Norton Ghost 2002 DeskView OEM DeskView OEM
Row 98 - Cell 0 Row 98 - Cell 1 McAfee Anti-Virus Norton AntiVirus 2002 SystemGuard SystemGuard
Row 99 - Cell 0 Row 99 - Cell 1 Smart Card Reader Norton Personal Firewall 2002 Row 99 - Cell 4 Row 99 - Cell 5
Row 100 - Cell 0 Row 100 - Cell 1 Hardware Monitor Row 100 - Cell 3 Row 100 - Cell 4 Row 100 - Cell 5