Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction
Thanks for choosing the PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard! It is based on the 865PE Northbridge
chipset and the ICH5 Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel® Pentium® 4 (Northwood/ Prescott)
Processors with FSB (Front Side Bus) 800/533/400 MHz.
The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard provides 4 sockets using 184-pin DDR SDRAM with a total
capacity of up to 4GB. You can install unbuffered & non-ECC DDR400/ 333/ 266 (PC3200/ 2700/
2100) SDRAM.
The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard provides one x8 AGP Slot with AGP 3.0 specification and five
32-bit PCI Slots.
The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard includes two built-in IDE facilities that support Ultra ATA
33/66/100 BMIDE and PIO Modes. It also includes two built-in Serial ATA facilities that support a
transfer rate to 150 Mbps.
The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard comes with an AC’97 Sound Codec (ALC655) which supports
high quality 6 channels audio function (Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect). It also supports Sony/
Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) function (SPDIF-OUT function is onboard, but SPDIF-IN function
is an optional facility).
The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard also supports to set maximal eight USB 2.0 ports.
Moreover, the PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard comes with a LAN chip which provides the back
panel LAN port capable with 10/ 100 Mbps transfer rate.
All of the information in this manual only for reference. This specification is subject to change
without notice.
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