PX848PV Series
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the PX848PV Series mainboard! The PX848PV series includes the
PX848PV Pro and PX848PV. It is based on the 82848P Northbridge chipset and the ICH4
Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 (Northwood) Processors with a FSB (Front Side
Bus) frequency of 800/533/400 MHz.
The PX848PV Series provides 2 DIMM sockets using 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a total capacity of
up to 2GB. You can install unbuffered & non-ECC DDR400/ 333/ 266 (PC3200/ 2700/ 2100)
SDRAM.
The PX848PV Series provides one 8X/ 4X AGP Slot that uses 0.8V or 1.5V AGP cards.
The PX848PV Series includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra ATA 33/ 66/ 100 BMIDE and
PIO Modes.
The PX848PV Series comes with an AC’97 Sound Codec (ALC655) which supports high quality 6
channels audio (Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect). It also supports Sony/ Philips Digital Interface
(S/PDIF).
The PX848PV Series also comes with six USB 2.0 ports. These also include an infrared header.
Besides the PX848PV Pro also comes with a LAN chip and provides a back panel LAN port that
supports 10/ 100 Mbps transmission speeds.
The PX848PV 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.
