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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4GE FM motherboard. The AX4GE FM is Intel
®
Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the
ATX form factor featuring the Intel® 845GE (Brookdale) chipset
. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4GE FM
motherboard can support Intel
®
Socket 478 Pentium
®
4 (Brookdale) and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. According to
different customer’s requirements, the Intel 845GE chipset memory interface supports DDR333/266 SDRAM devices with
densities of 64, 128, 256, 512Mb DDR RAM DIMM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to 2 GB (Please note
that only CPU FSB 533 supports DDR333). The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
33/66/100 mode and the transfer
rate up to 100MB/s. Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR)
card option that allows audio, modem configuration on a single baseboard
design. More than that, on the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL
controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN
Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and
home use. Besides, the AX4GE FM has an AC97
CODEC
chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now,
let’s enjoy all features from AOpen AX4GE FM motherboard.