Albatron
PX845PEV-800 Mainboard (i845PE)
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The board is similar to PX845PEV
Pro; this is a special edition released in limited quantities for Albatron's
anniversary. The PCB is black, the heatsink sports funny color music, and one
extra centimeter of textolite is graced with board's full name and CEO's signature
(Jack Ko).
Accessories:
- Package of the special stylish design;
- Documentation:
user manual, and poster with brief installation steps - all in English;
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Cables: FDD, 2 ATA66/100/133 (all are black with the company's logo);
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Bracket with 4 USB ports;
- Triplex sound card on C-Media CMI8738/PCI-SX
chip with support of 4.1 audio systems and a CD-In connector;
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CD containing:
The layout is different from traditional, though it doesn't make the board
more convenient in PC assembling. But it makes it narrower. As a result, IDE slots
are placed behind PCI and several connectors are shifted to the left edge. A video
card inserted may lock memory modules. It's not difficult to reach the only jumper
when the board is already installed. Its functions are shown on the textolite.
The 2-channel switching voltage regulator incorporates 7 capacitors of 2200
uF and 3 of 1500 uF. Also, there are voltage regulators for the AGP and memory
buses. Integrated controllers: - network controller based
on 3COM 910-A01 chip with 10BaseT/100BaseTX supported.
The board
has protection from video cards which do not support 1.5V power supply.
Non-unsoldered connectors: audio codec chip and its connectors. System
monitoring is supported by Winbond W83627HF-AW chip. It controls: -
processor voltage, +3.3, +5 and +-12 V, VBAT and +5 V StandBy;
- speed
of 3 fans;
- temperatures of the processor (built-in sensor) and
the board (built-in sensor).
There are 2 connectors for adjustable
connection of fans (one of them is connected to a fan on the north bridge's heatsink)
and one for unadjustable connection. Brief board's characteristics:
memory slots - 3 DDR SDRAM; expansion slots - AGP/ 5 PCI; I/O ports - 2 COM/ LPT/
2 PS/2/ 6 USB 2.0; dimensions - 305x215 mm.
Settings:
| jumpers and switches |
Jumper to clear up the CMOS |
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| BIOS based on Phoenix AwardBIOS 6.00 |
Setup of memory timings |
+ |
CAS Latency, Active To Precharge Delay, RAS to CAS Delay, RAS
Precharge |
| Setup of memory frequency |
+ |
DDR/CPU = 1.5, 2.66 at FSB 100 MHz; 2, 2.5, 2.66 at FSB 133 MHz;
2, 2.5 at FSB 200 MHz |
| Setup of AGP bus |
- |
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| Setup of PCI bus |
- |
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| Changeable scaler of AGP and PCI buses |
+ |
AGP(PCIx2) = Auto, 66 MHz |
| Manual assignment of interrupts |
+ |
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| Changeable FSB frequency |
+ |
100-248 MHz in 1MHz steps |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
+ |
x8-x50 |
| Changeable core voltage |
+ |
1.1-1.85 V in 0.025V steps |
| Changeable memory voltage |
+ |
Default, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 V |
| Changeable chipset voltage |
- |
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| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
+ |
Default, 1.6 V |
We used the BIOS R1.00 as the latest available version.
The board might be interesting for collectors and those who need the guaranteed
support of the new FSB at a relatively low sum of money. Test results:
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