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

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