PX845PE/ GE Series
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the PX845PE/GE Series mainboard! The PX845PE series
includes the PX845PE and PX845PE PRO and PX845PE PRO II. The PX845GE series
includes the PX845GE and PX845GE PRO and PX845GE PRO II. These are based on either
the 82845PE or 82845GE Northbridge chipsets and the 82801DB Southbridge chipset. It
also supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processors with a FSB (Front Side Bus) frequency of
400/533 MHz.
The PX845PE/GE Series provides 3 sockets using 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a total
capacity of up to 2GB. You can install DDR 333/266 (PC 2700/2100) SDRAM with the
option of using the BIOS Setup to over-clock to DDR400.
The PX845PE/GE Series provides one AGP Slot for 4X and 1.5V only AGP cards.
The PX845PE/GE Series includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33/66/100
BMIDE and PIO Modes. The PX845PE/GE Series also comes with an AC’97 Sound Codec
(ALC650) which supports high quality 6 channel audio (
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
).
The PX845PE PRO/ PX845PE PRO II/ PX845GE PRO/ PX845GE PRO II also includes a
Promise chip that supports one RAID IDE connector and two SATA connectors. The RAID
IDE connector supports Ultra 133 and the SATA connectors support Serial ATA 150.
The PX845PE/GE Series also comes with six USB 2.0 ports.
The PX845PE PRO II/ PX845GE PRO II comes preinstalled with
Voice Genie
/
BIOS
Mirror
and
AGP Protection
that controlled by a switch. Voice Genie allows you to select
between four languages for audio diagnostics. BIOS Mirror allows you to have a backup
(mirror) BIOS when the primary BIOS is damaged by virus or flash update. The
PX845PE/GE Series also come with AGP protection with ensures that you only install 1.5V
AGP cards.
PX845PE PRO II & PX845GE PRO II also comes with a LAN Chip (Intel DA82562ET)
which supports a back panel LAN port.
