QDI PlatiniX 8 Series, Manual

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Manual for PlatiniX 8 series
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
PlatiniX 8 series of mainboards utilize Intel ® 845G/GL chipset consisting of two components:
the Intel 845G/GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub(GMCH) and the I/O Controller Hub4
(ICH4), providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective ATX platform.
The new integrated technologies, together with AC’97 audio, integrated Graphics, 6 USB
ports, and ATA100/66/33, give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at reasonable
price. It provides 400/533MHz host bus speed to support Intel
® Pentium 4 socket 478
processors and the largest DDR memory capacity is up to 2GB. It also provides advanced
features such as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Modem, ACPI and
Keyboard Password Power-on functions. Suspend to RAM, the optimal implementation of
the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification, makes the PC’s
power consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable quick wakeup. BootEasy,
QDI innovation, lets the PC boot freely and rapidly.
Key Features
Form factor
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ATX form factor of 305mm x 232mm
Microprocessor
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Supports Intel ® Pentium 4 (Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9
2.0GHz
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Supports Intel
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Pentium 4 (Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2.0/2.2GHz and
above
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Supports 400/533MHz host bus speed(P8L/P8LI not support 533MHz)
System memory
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Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM interfaces
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Supports DDR200/DDR266 SDRAM
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Supports 64/128/256/512Mb technology up to 2GB
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Supports overclock DDR333(
available on P8/P8I, CPU533MHz)
Onboard IDE
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Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
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Supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100, PIO mode
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Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD
ROM drives
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