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 @ 2.50v (Dual Channel)
- 4GB maximum system RAM (unbuffered)
Slots
- AGP slot, 8x AGP compliant (1.5v support only)
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
- 1 x Wi-Fi Slot
On-board peripherals - I/O
- 1 Serial port
- 1 Parallel port
- 3 Audio Jacks for ADI AD1985 sound CODEC
- RJ-45 LAN Port (3COM 3C940 Gigabit (PCI))
- 4 USB2.0 connectors on the backplane
- 1 FireWire (1394a) port on backplane
- S/PIDF-Out (RCA)
- 3 usable fan headers
- PS/2 ports
On-board storage
- An IDE controller on the ICH5R chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA100/66/33 operation modes
- VIA 6410 provides 2 Ultra DMA133 ports (4 drives) with RAID0, RAID1, and RAID0+1 support. JBOD support too
- ICH5R provides 2 x ATA150 Serial ports (1 drive per port). Can be configured for independent or RAID0 functions
Integrated Components
- 3COM 3C940 Gigabit LOM
- ADI AD1985 AC'97 v2.3 auto-sensing 6-channel sound with S/PDIF
- VIA VT6307 2-port FireWire controller
- VIA VT6410 RAID controller
- GAME connector
- FireWire header
- Header for another 4 USB2.0 portsio
BIOS & Voltages
- ASUS Stepless FSB selection
- FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 400Mhz (quad-pumped)
- Ai overclocking
- 1.4875v - 1.60v Vcore with 0.1v offset. Voltage in 0.0125v increments
- 2.55v - 2.85v Vmem adjustable in 0.1v increments
- Fix AGP/PCI options at 33MHz, 36MHz and 41MHz
- CrashFree 2 BIOS, EZ BIOS, MyLOGO2, POST Reporter, Q-Fan
Package contents
- ASUS P4P800 Deluxe motherboard
- I/O Shield
- 2 x Black ATA100 cables
- Black Floppy Cable
- Spare jumpers
- Fold-out chart
- Driver and utility CD with ASUS PCPROBE, LiveUpdate, and PC-Cillin 2002
- 2 x S-ATA cable (no power cables)
- No extra USB2.0 or FireWire cables
The performance i865PE chipset is the one you'd want to go for, ideally with a 200FSB Pentium 4. Be wary of exactly which Springdale is being offered by a company, as the i865P (non-E) doesn't support the faster FSB CPUs
