Today we are straying from the norm in order to checkout the new Intel Springdale based motherboard from FIC. The VL11PE. Just about everyone has heard of First International Computer but rarely do we see products from them targeted towards the performance consumer or "enthusiast" type crowd. Not only does FIC have an impressive line of computer related products on their own, they also manufacture parts and peripherals for several other companies out there that you may not even know about and have been around since 1980 making quality parts for the computer industry. Today however we are focusing solely on the Springdale VL11PE and bring you a glimpse of what you can expect to see from the new Intel chipset that is targeted towards the mainstream PC market.
"First International Computer, Inc. (FIC), founded in 1980, is one of the world's leading companies in the design and production of mainboards, PC systems, servers, and notebooks. FIC has experienced a 15% growth in worldwide sales revenues, up to US$2.7 billion. The company has nine branch offices, eight manufacturing and assembly sites (with 202,706 sq. meters of manufacturing capacity), and more than 4,500 employees worldwide. FIC is extremely flexible, firmly established in OEM/ODM and distribution markets, and a leading supplier of many of the industry's most respected PC brand names."
Hardware Specs Lets checkout the specifications of this particular motherboard.
Processor Intelฎ Pentiumฎ 4 (Socket 478) Processor 2.4GH - .3.06GHz and up* Prescott CPU Support 400/533/800 FSB MHz Chipsets North Bridge: Intel 865PE South Bridge: Intel ICH5R Memory 4 DIMM slot PC 2100/2700/3200 DDR SDRAM support. SPD Support Max. Cap. Is 2 GB for each channel / 4GB total IDE Interface 2 Dual-Channeled Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Connectors Support Ultra DMA ATA 66/100 VGA Interface 1 x AGP 4X / 8X slot Audio Interface AC97 codec 5.1 Channel Realtek ALC650 Rear Out, Center/Bass(Sub Woofer), Optical Coaxial In/Out, SPDIF In/Out connector Expansion Slots 1 x AGP, 5 x PCI Standard I/O 2 x PS2 Connectors. 1 x Audio connector: MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out 1 x COM port 1 x (1 x RJ45 + 2 x USB 2.0) 1 Parallel Port 1 x (2 x USB 2.0)
System BIOS ACPI, APM, DMI, SMBIOS, PnP, USB, PC99, PC2001, Y2K Compliant LAN* Broadcom 4401KFB 10/100M LAN/5705KFB GignLan GbE(optional) IEEE 1394* Agere 2 ports (option) Serial ATA/RAID Slilcon lmage 2 ports, RAID 0, 1 support Intel ICH5R 2 ports RAID 0, 1 support Form Factor ATX 12 x 9.6
Key Features NOVUS Suspend to RAM ACPI Ready, RTC Alarm, Intel WfM (,Wake-on-Ring), suspend to RAM Auto-Power Failure Recovery, Keyboard/ Mouse Power On CD Utilities with enhanced drivers Hardware based intelligent anti-virus protection HW Monitoring and Hard Disk Fault Prediction
Quick Overview Normally we'll have an "Out of the Box" section, but since this is a pre-production board we didn't get the full package of goodies. However FIC has confirmed that the setup will come with a new driver CD, IDE and Floppy Cables, SATA Cable, Manual as well as the I/O shield.
Upon first inspection the board looks fairly impressive. We see the normal brown PCB however FIC has thrown some colors in with lime green DDR Slots and Blue PCI's, not to mention a few other colors sporadically placed around the board. I'm glad to see hardware manufacturers doing this type of "coloring" since the hardware mod community can take advantage of these sharp looks to show off in their windowed case. We also have been given word that the final production model will look much like it's bigger brother, the P4-875P MAX Montherboard, which has a nice red PCB.
Lets move on to page 2 and briefly cover the new Springdale 865PE chipset and then dig into the layout of the motherboard itself.
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