Chapter 1. Getting Started; Introduction - Albatron PX915P4 Series User Manual

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Introduction

Congratulations on choosing from the PX915P4/PX915G4 series of mainboards! The PX915P4 series
includes the PX915P4 PRO and the PX915P4. The PX915G4 series includes the PX915G4 PRO and
the PX915G4. These mainboards are based on the Intel
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Intel ICH6 Southbridge chipset. They also support Intel
(Front Side Bus) frequencies of 533/800 MHz.
These mainboards provide 4 DIMM sockets using 184-pin DDR SDRAM with a total capacity of up to 4
GB in dual-channel mode. You must install unbuffered, non-ECC DDR400/333 (PC3200/2700) DDR
SDRAM (for more details, see Memory Installation section).
These mainboards provide one 16-lane (x16) PCI-Express slot for use with a PCI-Express graphics card.
This slot can provide 4 GB/s bandwidths in each direction. It also has two 1-lane (x1) PCI-Express slots
for additional cards. These slots provide 250 MB/s bandwidths in each direction.
These mainboards provide a built-in IDE facility (Ultra ATA 66/100) that supports DMA and PIO modes.
They also include 2 built-in RAID IDE slots (Ultra ATA 133) that support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and
JBOD modes. These mainboards also have 4 built-in Serial ATA slots capable of 150 MB/s transfer
rates on each channel.
These mainboards also come with an HD Audio sound codec (Azalia standard compliant) which
supports high quality HD Audio with 8 channel capabilities. Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces are also
supported.
These mainboards support up to 8 USB2.0 ports and also provide an infrared header for wireless
infrared transmissions.
The PX915P4 series and the PX915G4 series mainboards come with a LAN chip (Marvell
that provides up to 1 GB/s network connectivity. The PX915P4 PRO and PX915G4 PRO also come with
a secondary LAN chip (VIA VT6105 LAN controller) which provides an additional back panel LAN port
capable of 10/100 Mbit/s transmission speeds.
The company's 3 Year Limited Warranty for this product covers both labor costs and replacement parts
during the 1st year. Only labor costs are covered during the 2nd and 3rd years (replacement parts will be
charged during the 2nd and 3rd years).
All of the information in this manual is for reference only. This specification is subject to change without
notice.
PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series
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915P/915G Northbridge chipsets and the
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Pentium 4 Prescott Processors with FSB
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