VIA Technologies today announced the VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard, the world's first mainboard to feature the VIA Apollo P4X400 chipset. The VIA P4PB 400's performance features are impressive and include AGP 8X, providing 2100MB/sec of graphics bandwidth, double the speed of today's standard platforms. DDR400/333 RAM enables the new Intel Pentium 4 processors with 533MHz FSB to perform to its full capacity by supplying a 3200MB/sec of fast double data rate memory transfer rates. Read more...



The P4PB 400's connectivity features include integrated USB 2.0/1.1, IDE ATA/133, onboard IEEE 1394, 10/100 LAN, and a Smart Card connector. Product Gallery P4X400 Chipset Block Diagramm VIA Apollo P4X400 North and South Bridge An onboard VIA VT1616 audio codec provides six channels of quality, crisp, digital surround sound and supports both optical and SPDIF outputs. The VIA P4PB 400 is bundled with a S/PDIF connector bracket that fits neatly into any available PC chassis I/O expansion slot. The S/PDIF brackets enables digital to digital signal transfers between devices thus eliminating the signal degradation associated with traditional analog audio. Network connectivity is provided through the onboard VIA Rhine III VT6105M 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN controller. The VT6105M is VIA's most advanced LAN controller featuring Wake-on-LAN, remote bootability and multiple VLAN, resulting in increased system performance, security, and easier network management. The onboard VIA VT6306 IEEE 1394 host controller and integrated VIA USB 2.0 enables seamless connectivity to all the latest high speed multimedia devices and peripherals such as digital video cameras, MP3 players, and the next generation of scanners and printers. VIA P4PB 400 Specifications Bringing AGP 8X and DDR400/333 Support to the Pentium® 4 Platform Processor - Intel® Pentium® 4, Celeron® Processor
- 533/400MHz Front Side Bus Chipset - VIA Apollo P4X400 North Bridge
- VT8235 South Bridge System Memory - 3 DDR400/333 DIMM sockets
- Up to 3GB Expansion Slots - 1 AGP 8X/4X slot ( 1.5V Support )
- 5 PCI slots
- 1 CNR slot Onboard IDE - 2 x ATA133/100 Connectors Onboard FDD - 1 x FDD Connector Onboard Audio - VIA VT1616 6 Channel AC'97 CODEC Onboard IEEE 1394 - VIA VT6306 IEEE 1394 (Optional) On Board I/O - 2 USB 2.0/1.1 Connectors for 4 Additional Ports
- 2 IEEE 1394 Ports (Optional)
- 1 Audio pin-header for SPDIF (Optical & RCA), Rear, Sub/Center
- CD Audio-in Connector
- AUX-in Connector
- Voice Modem Connector
- IR Connector
- Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Ring
- CPU/Power/Sys FAN
- 20-pin ATX Power, 4-pin ATX AUX 12V Power
- 1 x Buzzer
- 1 DIP Switch for 100/133/Auto FSB Setting
- System Intrusion Connector
- Smart Card Reader Connector Back Panel I/O - 1 PS2 mouse Port
- 1 PS2 keyboard Port
- 1 RJ 45 100/10Mb LAN Port
- 2 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports
- 2 Serial Ports
- 1 Parallel Port
- 3 Audio Jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in
- 1 Game/MIDI Port BIOS - Award BIOS, STR, ACPI, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0
- 2/4Mbit Flash Memory Applications - VIA FliteDeck? System Management UtilityMissionControl-H/W Monitoring, Remote SNMP ManagementJetStream-Overclocking Optimized UtilityFlashPort-Live BIOS FlashSysProbe-Live DMI Browser Overclocking - 100MHz up to 200MHz adjustment by 1MHz Increments
- Tunable Vcore/Vdimm/Vagp
- BIOS Overclocking Auto-Recovery System Monitoring & Management - CPU Temperature Monitoring
- CPU Voltage Monitoring
- Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Ring, Keyboard-Power-on, Timer-Power-on
- System Power Management
- AC Power Failure Recovery Form Factor - ATX (4 layers)
- 30.5cm x 22.5cm

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