PX848 Like Series
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the PX848 Like Series mainboard! The PX848 Like series includes the
PX848 Like Pro and PX848 Like. It is based on the ALi
®
M1683 Northbridge chipset and the M1563
Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 (Northwood) Processors with a FSB (Front Side
Bus) frequency of 800/ 533/ 400 MHz.
The PX848 Like Series provides 3 DIMM sockets using 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a total capacity
of up to 3 GB. You can install unbuffered & non-ECC DDR400/ 333/ 266 (PC3200/ 2700/ 2100)
SDRAM.
The PX848 Like Series provides one 8X/ 4X AGP Slot that uses 0.8V or 1.5V AGP cards.
The PX848 Like Series includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra ATA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133
BMIDE and PIO Modes.
The PX848 Like Series comes with an AC’97 Sound Codec which supports high quality 6 channels
audio (Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect). It also supports Sony/ Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF).
The PX848 Like Series also comes with six USB 2.0 ports.
Besides the PX848 Like Pro also comes with a LAN chip and provides a back panel LAN port that
supports 10/ 100 Mbps transmission speeds.
The PX848 Like Series also comes with AGP protection, which ensures that you only install 0.8V or
1.5V AGP cards.
All of the information in this manual only for reference. This specification is subject to change
without notice.
