ZIDA A845DD (i845D) Mainboard
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ZIDA products have always been popular because of a cheap price, but
quality is not the great.
Accessories:
- Package of a standard design;
- Documentation: a brief user manual in English;
- Cables: 1 ATA66/100 and 1 FDD;
- CD including:
- drivers;
- Norton Antivirus 2001.
The layout is not very convenient: an FDD connector is behind PCI slots
(that is why it might be difficult to handle it and cards in these slots),
the CD-in is between the PCI slots, and a Wake-on-LAN is in front of them.
It's not difficult to reach switches and jumpers, but their functions are
not shown on the textolite.
The 3-channel switching voltage regulator incorporates 11 capacitors
of 1100 uF and 3 of 3300 uF.
The following controllers are integrated: an audio one based on the
chipset's capabilities and Crystal 4299-XQ codec.
Non-unsoldered connectors: an RJ45 connector and a chip which realizes
network capabilities of the chipset.
The system monitoring is supported by the Winbond W83627HF-AW chip.
Processor and battery voltage (+/-3.3, +/-5 and +/-12 V), speed of 2 fans
and temperatures of the processor (a built-in sensor) and the board (a
built-in sensor) can be controlled. There are 2 connectors for adjustable
connection of fans.
Brief characteristics of the board: memory slots - 2 DDR SDRAM;
expansion slots - AGP/ 6 PCI/ CNR; I/O ports - 2 COM/ LPT/ 2 PS/2/ 4 USB
1.1; dimensions - 305x220 mm.
Adjustment can be carried out with:
| jumpers and switches |
Jumper to clear up the CMOS |
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| Jumper to make possible to start
up a computer with a PS/2 keyboard/mouse |
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| Jumper to choose a way the sound
is applied to the audio codec / standard speaker |
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| BIOS based on v6.00PG from Award |
Setup of memory timings |
+ |
CAS Latency, Active to Precharge delay, RAS
to CAS delay, RAS precharge |
| Setup of memory frequency |
+ |
PC100/PC133 (as shown in the BIOS, but it fact
it is DDR200/DDR266) |
| Setup of AGP bus |
+ |
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| Setup of PCI bus |
- |
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| Changeable scaler of AGP and PCI buses |
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| Manual assignment of interrupts |
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| Changeable FSB frequency |
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100, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 114, 117, 120,
127 and 130 MHz |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
+ |
x8-x50 |
| Changeable core voltage |
- |
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| Changeable memory voltage |
- |
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| Changeable chipset voltage |
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| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
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We used the latest available version of the BIOS - 1.01.
Not a high speed of the board's operation is compensated by a low price.
The board is a good choice for low-budget systems.
Test results:
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