Testing The E-Class: 9 Pentium 4 Motherboards With The 845E Chipset

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Manufacturer Intel Jetway MSI Zida
Model D845EBT 845EDAK 845E Max2 (MS-6398E) A845E
Chipset
Socket mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478
Clock (CPU/Bus) 2266.59 / 133.33 2277.92 / 134 2293.45 / 134.91 2258.39 / 132.85
Northbridge i845E i845E i845E i845E
Southbridge i82801DB i82801DB i82801DB i82801DB
Northbridge Fan no no yes no
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Maximum RAM 2048 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB
DIMM-Sockets 2, DDR 2, DDR 3, DDR 2, DDR
Memory Type DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered
ECC-Support yes no no no
Standard Components
Size (LxH) 305 x 244 mm 305 x 230 mm 305 x 244 mm 305 x 190 mm
PCI Slots 5x 32 Bit 5x 32 Bit 6x 32 Bit 5x 32 Bit
AGP 4x 4x 4x 4x
AGP Card Lock yes yes yes no
ACR / AMR / CNR 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1
Parallel Ports 1 1 1 1
Serial Ports 2 2 2 2
USB internal/external 2/4 (USB 2.0) 2/4 (USB 2.0) 2/4 (USB 2.0) 2/3 (USB 2.0)
Fan Headers 3 3 2 2
IDE Controller 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100 2x UltraATA/100
Additional Components
Piezo Speaker OnBoard yes no no no
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes
IrDA-Port no yes yes yes
Chassis Intrusion Detection yes no yes no
Temperature Monitoring CPU, System CPU, System Row 30 - Cell 3 CPU, System
Fan Status Monitoring all (3) all (3) Row 31 - Cell 3 System, CPU
100 Mbit Network Controller Intel 82562ET no Intel 82562ET no
IDE RAID Controller Promise PDC20267, ATA/100 Promise PDC20275, ATA/133 Promise PDC20276, ATA/133 no
Firewire-Controller agere FW323 no no no
SCSI-Controller no no no no
Sound System
Type AC97 AC97 AC97 AC97
Manufacturer / Chip Analog Devices AD1980 Realtek ALC650 Avance Logic ALC650 C-Media CNM9738
5.1 Surround yes no no no
Internal Connectors AUX-in CD-in CD-in CD-in, AUX-in
External Connectors In, Out, Micro, Rear, Sub, SPDIF-out In, Out, Micro In, Out, Micro In, Out, Micro
Setup
CPU Config BIOS BIOS / Jumpers BIOS BIOS
Selectable Multipliers auto auto auto auto
FSB Range / Increments 100, 133 / auto 133 - 200 / 1 133 - 233 / 1 133-160 / 2-5
Voltage
Vcore Range / Increments n/a 1.10 - 1.85 / 0.025 1.5 - 1.8 / 0.025 n/a
Vram / Increments n/a 2.5 - 2.8 / 0.1 2.5 - 2.8 / 0.1 n/a
Vchipset / Increments n/a 1.5 / 1.6 (AGP) 1.5 - 1.8 / 0.1 n/a
Board and BIOS Details
Bios AMI Award AMI Award
Version 86A.0004.P03 F8 05-Feb 0.1
Date ? May 24, 2002 ? March 18, 2002
Motherboard Revision ? ? 1 ?
Boot Devices Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN
Manual Interrupt Assignment yes Row 56 - Cell 2 no no
Special Features Intel Express BIOS Update for Windows, Event Logging PCI Clock can be set to Host / 4, 5 or 6 n/a n/a
Shared Interrupts ? ? ? ?
Clock Generator CY283460C Row 59 - Cell 2 ICS950213AF ICS950202CS
Miscellaneous
Layout Issues Row 61 - Cell 1 Row 61 - Cell 2 Row 61 - Cell 3 Connectors
Model Variations Row 62 - Cell 1 845EDAP w/ RAID Row 62 - Cell 3 ?
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Quality not included with test sample average excellent average
Languages ? english english english
Quick Setup Guide ? no yes no
Cables ? IDE-80, Floppy IDE-80, Floppy IDE-80, Floppy
USB Adapter ? no yes no
Software ? ? Row 69 - Cell 3 Row 69 - Cell 4
Miscellaneous BIOS Englisch and French, Rapid BIOS Boot Row 70 - Cell 2 Row 70 - Cell 3 Row 70 - Cell 4
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.