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Review: ABIT BH7 i845PE

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 March 2003, 00:00 4.5

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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.