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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
This motherboard is based on the Intel® 440EX/LX chipset. The chipset is a
highly integrated solution for a cost-effective and compact motherboard. The
motherboard supports SDRAM and 3.3V EDO. Features on-board include
super-I/O, Ultra DMA33, PCI bus master IDE, AGP Ver 1.0, PCI Ver 2.1 compliant,
USB, VRM 8.2 compliant, ECC, ATX ver. 2.0 compliant, System monitoring (optional).
Sound on board(Optional) This motherboard is ready for the PC98 requirements.
Key Features
Processor
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Full support for the Intel® Mendocino®
PPGA Processors using PGA370
socket connector.
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Support 66MHz bus speed including all Mendocino® Processors such
as 300MHz, 333MHz and furture processors.
CPU Speed Jumperless
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No jumper is needed to set for various speed of CPU.
VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board
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Flexible motherboard design with on-board VRM 8.2, easy to upgrade
with Intel’s future overdrive processors.
Cache
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Processor built-in L2 cache.
System Memory
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A total of two 168-pin DIMM sockets for 440EX Version (EDO /
Synchronous DRAM).
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A total of three 168-pin DIMM sockets for 440LX Version (EDO /
Synchronous DRAM).
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Supports Extended Data Out (EDO) DRAM at 50ns and 60ns Speeds.
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Support Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM addressing.
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Memory size up to 256M Bytes for SDRAM or 512M Bytes for EDO
DRAM (440EX Ver.).
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Memory size up to 384M Bytes for SDRAM or 768M Bytes for EDO
DRAM (440LX Ver.).
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Support single density DIMMs of 1M, 2M, 4M ,8M and 16M depth (x64 or
x72).
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Support double density DIMMs of 2M, 4M, 8M, 16M and 32M depth (x64
or x72).
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Support Error Checking and Correction (ECC) using parity DRAM modules
(440LX Ver. only).
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Support for Auto Detection of Memory Type.
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Banks of different DRAM types and depths can be mixed.
PC97/98
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PC97/98 ready.
On-Board I/O
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On board two PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to 4 ATA2, Ultra DMA 33
IDE HDDs, CD-ROMs, ZIP devices and LS-120 drives as boot drive.
Hardware Setup
