Manual for PlatiniX 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
PlatiniX 1 green mainboard utilizes Intel
®
845 chipset, 845 consists of two components:
the 82845 Memory Controller Hub(MCH) and the 82801BA I/O Controller Hub2(ICH2),
providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective mATX platform. The
new integrated technologies, together with AGP 4X support, AC97 2CH Audio or C-Media
8738 PCI 6CH real 3D Audio(optional ), 4 USB ports, and Ultra DMA100/66/33, give cus-
tomers an advanced, multimedia solution at an reasonable price. It provides 400 MHz
system bus to support Intel
®
Pentium 4 socket 478 processors and the largest memory
capacity is up to 2GB. It also provides advanced features such as Wake up by USB
devices, Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Modem and ACPI functions. Suspend to RAM, the opti-
mal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specifica-
tion, makes the PCs power consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable
quick wakeup. ManageEasy, our system management application is also supplied to en-
able remote monitoring and configuration of the system.BootEasy, lets the PC boot freely
and rapidly.
Key Features
Form factor
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mATX form factor of 244mm x 224mm
Microprocessor
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Supports Intel
®
Pentium 4(Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/1.7/1.8GHz
and above
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Supports Intel
®
Pentium 4(Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2GHz and above
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Supports 400MHz host bus speed
System memory
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Provides two 168-pin DIMM sockets
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Supports PC-133 SDRAM
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Supports 64/128/256/512Mb SDRAM technology
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The largest total memory is up to 2GB
Onboard IDE
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Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
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Supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33, PIO mode
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Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD
ROM drivers
