Shuttle AV45GTR (VIA P4X266A) Mainboard
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This model extends the line of boards based on the VIA's chipsets and
meant for Intel Pentium 4 processors, and it doesn't differ much from its
siblings. It's also well packed and will be interesting for a wide circle
or users.
Accessories:
- Package of a standard design;
- Documentation: user manual and guide for IDE RAID adjustment - in English;
- Cables: 2 ATA66/100/133 and FDD;
- Bracket with two USB ports;
- Bracket with Center/Sub output;
- CD containing:
- drivers;
- user manual in PDF;
- Adobe Acrobat Reader;
- DirectX 8.1.
The layout is far not striking: audio-ins are in front of the AGP slot,
the FDD and IDE are behind the PCI slots and when a video card is installed
it's difficult to handle the IDE modules. It can be difficult to reach
some jumpers when the board is already installed. Their functions are shown
on the textolite.
The 3-channel switching voltage regulator incorporates 10 capacitors
of 3300 uF and 4 of 1500 uF.
The following controllers are integrated:
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audio controller based on the C-Media CMI8738/PCI-6ch chip supporting 5.1
audio systems;
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IDE RAID based on the HighPoint HPT372 chip supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1 via
the ATA133 protocol.
Non-unsoldered connectors: USB 2.0 bus controller and its connectors.
The system monitoring is supported by the ITE IT8705F chip. What is
controlled:
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voltage of processor, AGP bus, +3.3, +5 and +/-12 V, VBAT and +5 V Standby;
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speed of 2 fans;
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temperatures of the processor (a built-in sensor), and the board (a built-in
sensor).
There are 2 connectors for adjustable and 1 for unadjustable (a fan of
the north bridge is attached to it) connection of fans.
Brief characteristics of the board: memory slots - 3 DDR SDRAM;
expansion slots - AGP/ 5 PCI; I/O ports - 2 COM/ LPT/ 2 PS/2/ 6 USB 2.0;
dimensions - 305x245 mm.
Adjustment can be carried out with:
| jumpers and switches |
Jumper to clear up the CMOS |
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| Jumper to enable IDE RAID |
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| BIOS based on the 6.00PG version from Award |
Setup of memory timings |
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CAS Latency, Bank Interleave, Precharge to Active, Active To
Precharge, Active to CMD, Command Rate, Burst Length |
| Setup of memory frequency |
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By SPD, 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 |
+ |
100-160 MHz in 1MHz steps |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
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x8-x50 |
| Changeable core voltage |
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1.1-1.85 V in 0.025V steps |
| Changeable memory voltage |
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Default, 2.55, 2.6, 2.7 V |
| Changeable chipset voltage |
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| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
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We used the latest available version of the BIOS - AV45SI1S.
Quite good settings of this model and excellent functionality make me
think that it will please a great deal of users, especially considering
its low price.
Test results:
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