Specifications
Processors
- Supports all Socket 478 CPUs (400FSB & 533FSB & 800FSB, unofficially)
- Hyper-Threading support
Chipset
- North bridge: Intel I845PE MCH
- South bridge: Intel ICH4
System Memory
- 3 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
- DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333 support @ 2.55v
- 2GB maximum system RAM
Slots
- AGP slot, 4x AGP compliant (1.5v support only)
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
On-board peripherals - I/O
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD
- 5 Audio Jacks for Realtek ALC650 sound chipset
- RJ-45 LAN Port (Realtek 8100BL)
- 4 USB2.0 connectors on the backplane
- S/PIDF-In (Optical)
- S/PIDF-Out (Optical)
- 4 usable fan headers
- Header for another 2 USB2.0 portsio
- PS/2 ports
On-board IDE
- An IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/100/66/ operation modes
- Marvell Serial ATA single-channel interface capable of 1.5Gbps
Integrated Components
- Realtek RTL8100BL 10/100 Base-T Fast Ethernet Controller
- Realtek ALC650 6-channel sound
BIOS & Voltages
- ABIT Softmenu III
- FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 250Mhz (quad-pumped)
- Default voltage up to +30% in 5% increments
- 2.55v - 3.05v Vmem adjustable in 0.1v increments
- 3/1, 4/1, 5/1, and 6/1 FSB:PCI dividers. Fix PCI options at 33MHz, 37MHz and 44MHz
Package contents
- ABIT BH7 i845PE motherboard
- Custom backplane
- ATA100 cable
- Floppy Cable
- Driver and utility CD. This is a generic i845 CD with common drivers. It only had the MAX2's pdf manual.
- S-ATA cable
- No extra USB2.0 cable
Reasonably standard. The interesting part for us is in the BIOS.