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Overview
Overview
Chapter 1
The new microATX 1stMainboard
®
VG33 supports a full range of the latest
generation Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 CPUs. The leading edge chipset Intel
®
845GE
MCH was designed for coworking with Pentium
®
4 in the mPGA478 CPU
socket based on VRM 9.X spec. and 533 MHz FSB. Being built by the leading
edge technology, the Intel Pentium
®
4 processors provide a significant perfor-
mance over previous Pentium
®
III processors. Onboard two DDR SDRAM
sockets support DDR333 SDRAM for up to 2GB memory capacity. The ICH4
brings the ATA100 IDE performance and its high-speed interface further en-
sures that data transfer speeds are improved, especially for six USB 2.0 periph-
eral devices. The board also features onboard audio with either 2-channel or
5.1-channel.
The board comes with a versatile range of I/O features such as 2 serial ports,
three optional 1394 ports (pinheaders onboard), 1 parallel port, 1 LAN, 1 IR, 1
PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector, 6 USB 2.0 ports (two of them are in one
pinheader), 1 media connector (front audio pinheader, Line-in, Line-out and
Mic-in). Ample expansion is available through 3 PCI, 1 AGP slot to meet the
requirement for fully making use of the P4 CPU benefits in internet applicatons,
video/3D graphics performance, and so forth.
Other key features are Remote On/Off, Auto Power Failure Recovery, inte-
grated temperature monitoring and system fan control. Included also is a CD,
1st Utilities, with enhanced drivers.