11-Way P45 Motherboard Shootout
HI04 Onboard Devices
| Northbridge | Intel P45 Express |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH10 |
| Voltage Regulator | Six Phases |
| BIOS | 04/28/2008 |
| 333.3 MHz (FSB1333) | 332.9 MHz (-0.13%) |
| Clock Generator | ICS 9LPRS926EGLF |
| Connectors and Interfaces | Row 6 - Cell 1 |
| Onboard | 2x PCIe x16 (Modes : Two x16 : One x4/x1) |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | 2x PCIe x1 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | 2x PCI |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | 3x USB 2.0 (2 ports per connector) |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | 1x Serial Port header |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | 1x Parallel Port header |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | 1x Floppy |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | 1x Ultra ATA (2 drives) |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | 6x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | 1x Front Panel Audio |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | 1x CD-Audio In |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | 1x Fan 4 pins (CPU) |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | 1x Fan 3 pins (Chassis) |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | 1x Internal Power Button |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | 1x Internal Reset Button |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | 1x Internal CLR_CMOS Button |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | 1x Two-Digit Post Code Display |
| IO panel | 2x PS2 (keyboard + mouse ) |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | 2x Digital Audio Out (S/P-DIF Coaxial, Optical) |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | 1x Clear CMOS Button |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | 2x External SATA |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | 6x USB 2.0 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | 1x RJ-45 Network |
| Row 30 - Cell 0 | 6x Analog Audio Jacks (8-ch out, Mic+Line In) |
| Mass Storage Controllers | Row 31 - Cell 1 |
| Intel ICH10 | 6x SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| JMicron JMB363 PCI-E | 1x Ultra ATA-133 (2-drives) |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | 2x External SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Network | Row 35 - Cell 1 |
| Realtek RTL8111C PCI-E | Gigabit LAN Connection |
| Audio | Row 37 - Cell 1 |
| Realtek ALC888 HD Audio Codec | 7.1 + 2 channel Multi-Streaming Output |
Jetway uses only four of the six PCI Express pathways supplied by Intel’s ICH10 southbridge, connecting two onboard controllers and two PCI Express x1 slots. Also notice that the southbridge itself is the non-RAID version.
Dual eSATA ports and a CLR_CMOS button separate the HI04 port panel from other sub-$150 motherboards. Rear panel digital audio connectors are matched only by ASRock.


JMicron’s JMB363 provides the single Ultra ATA and dual eSATA ports, using PCI Express for optimal bandwidth.
A Realtek RTL8111C PCI Express-to-Gigabit Ethernet controller provides the HI04 with modern network speeds.
Realtek’s ALC888 audio codec is rated at 97db signal-to-noise ratio, and provides eight analog outputs (7.1 surround) for speakers plus a separate 2-channel sound stream for headphones.
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