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Mainboard AV40, AV40R

Specification

Chipset
VIA P4X266 for Pentium 4 processors with socket 478
Northbridge: VIA P4X266 and Southbridge: VIA VT8233
Chipset voltage adjustable
With active Northbridge-cooler (see illustration on the right)
Socket 478 CPU Support
Intel Pentium 4 processor (Willamette or Northwood) and P4 Celeron
successfully tested with: P4 Celeron up to 1,8 GHz, P4 (Willamette 256KB Cache) up to 2,2GHz and
P4 (Northwood 400MHz FSB) up to 2,4GHz with 400MHz FSB (100MHz Quad-Datarate-Process)
Normally, there is no need to configure the processor.
In BIOS the following parameters can be adjusted manually:
- FSB-system clock adjustment infinitely from 100 to 132 MHz
- Vcore-CPU-voltage from 1,10 to 1,85V
- Multiplier 8x to 23x
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP Slot supports 4X mode
5 x 32 Bit PCI
Onboard IDE Controller
2-Channel Enhanced PCI IDE
for up to 4 IDE devices
supports UltraDMA/100
incl. ATA-100-cable
Optional: IDE RAID Controller (AV40R only)
Chip: Promise 265R, supports RAID-modes 0 and 1 (not simultaneously)
with detailed manual and additional ATA-100-cable

AV40 without RAID
AV40R with RAID
Integrated Audio Function:
Software-Audio with AC'97 2.1 conforming CODEC onboard
The main work is done by software; the CODEC provides the analog signal
Sound-driver for Windows 9x, ME, 2000 and NT 4.0
Connectors on the backpanel: line-in, line-out, microphone, MIDI/gameport
More line-ins on the mainboard Audio-in for CD-ROM, TAD and AUX.
Backpanel-connectors
1 x PS/2-Mouse
1 x PS/2-Keyboard
1 x Parallel (SSP/EPP/ECP)
2 x Serial (16550 kompatibel, Fifo)
2 x USB (four more onboard)
Audio: line-in, line-out, microphone, MIDI/gameport
Onboard-connectors
1 x Floppy drive (up to 2,88 MB)
4 x USB (additional)
1 x Infrared (COM2 can be used for infrared communication, IrDA-adapter not included in delivery)
1 x WOL (Wake on Lan)
3 x Fan (CPU, AGP, Chipset)
Memory
3 x 184-Pin DIMM-Socket for PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM memory
supports module sizes of 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024MB
with 100 or 133MHz clock frequency up to 1,5 GB capacity
Adjustment of DDR-voltage in BIOS possible.
Hardware-monitoring
CPU-temperature, system voltage and fan revolution can be monitored
Power Management
ACPI Version 1.0 (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
supports power saving modes S1 (Snoop), S3 (Suspend to RAM), S5 (Soft-Off)
On/Off-button with two functions: Suspend-mode / soft-off
BIOS
Award V6.0PG PnP Green BIOS
2 MBit Flash EPROM
ATX-power supply connector
Standard 20-Pin-ATX-power supply connector
Addtitional 4-Pin-connector for 12V
Additional 6-Pin-connector for 3,3 and 5V
Accessories
Mainboard with active Northbridge-cooler, IDE-cable (ATA-100), floppy cable, detailed manual, driver CD-ROM
AV40R contains an additional IDE-cable for the onboard IDE RAID-Controller
Form Factor
ATX: only 30,5 x 24,4 cm