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Review: EpoX 4PDA2+ i865PE Springdale

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 July 2003, 00:00 4.5

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Specifications

Processors

  • Supports all Socket 478 CPUs (400FSB & 533FSB & 800FSB officially)
  • Hyper-Threading support

Chipset

  • North bridge: Intel I865PE MCH
  • South bridge: Intel ICH5/R

System Memory

  • 4 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
  • DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333/ DDR400 support @ 2.60v (Dual Channel)
  • 4GB maximum system RAM 

Slots

  • AGP slot, 8x AGP compliant
  • 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots

On-board peripherals - I/O

  • 1 Serial port
  • 1 Parallel port
  • 3 Audio Jacks for CMI9739a sound CODEC
  • RJ-45 LAN Port (Broadcom LAN)
  • 4 USB2.0 connectors on the back panel 
  • PS/2 ports

On-board storage

  • An IDE controller on the ICH5/R chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA100/66/33 operation modes
  • ICH5/R provides 2 x ATA150 Serial ports (1 drive per port). Can be configured for independent or RAID0 functions
  • IDE RAID via Highpoint HPT372N RAID controller. Supports RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 0+1

Integrated Components

  • Broadcom 5705 Gigabit LAN
  • Agere FW323 3-port FireWire controller
  • Silicon Image Sil3112A 2-port SATA controller
  • CMI 9739A 5.1 sound CODEC
  • Headers for another 4 USB2.0 portsio
  • 3 usable fan headers
  • Debug LCD
  • IrDA, CD-In, Aux-In connectors

BIOS & Voltages

  • EPoX Power BIOS
  • FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 350Mhz
  • - 0.1v / + 0.05v from default
  • 2.6v - 3.3v Vmem adjustable in 0.1v increments
  • 1.5v - 2.2v VAGP adjustment
  • Fix AGP/PCI option

Package contents

  • EPoX 4PDA2+ i865PE motherboard (305 x 245mm)
  • I/O Shield
  • 2x blue rounded cables
  • Floppy cable
  • FireWire bracket (2-port)
  • GAME port
  • 2x SATA and power cables
  • 3x floppy discs for SATA and RAID
  • Driver CD
  • 3 manuals

Default DDR voltage is now the industry standard 2.60v. A pretty comprehensive features list for the 4PDA2+