Foxconn 955X7AA i955X Mainboard Intro 1/5 Bluetooth 11 July 2005
Foxconn 955X7AA
Foxconn has been very aggressive in developing
top end products for the various markets. Today, we take a look at their latest
product 955X7AA-8EKRS2 based on the i955X chipset.
As we know, 955X is the latest chispet to support the Socket 775, 800/1066 FSB,
Dual Core CPUs including the extreme edition processor. This board has 1 x PCI
Express x16, 3 x PCI Express x1, 3 x PCI. By virtue of the ICH7 and the Sil 3114
chipset, it supports 1 x ATA/100 + 2 x ATA/133 (w/ RAID) + 4 x SATA/300 (w/
RAID) + 4 x SATA/150 (w/ RAID), Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and Intel Matrix
Storage Technology (1+0 on 2 HDDs)
Supports IDE RAID 0, 1, and 1+0, Includes second SATA RAID controller (0, 1, and
1+0).
The board also supports Dual GbE using PCIe based Broadcom controller. There is
7.1ch HD audio using ALC880 codec and 3 x 1394 ports (3 via internal headers +
rear cable/bracket assembly 1 x 1394b + 1 x 1394a 4-pin + 1 x 1394a 6-pin).
So far not many manufacturers supports 1394b, Foxconn included it on board,
ready to be used.
The board comes with some
overclocking features including Adjustable bus
speeds, Adjustable memory timing
Adjustable voltages (may be Vcore only) and adjustable
ratios (depends on CPU).
The package contains
rounded cables for IDE, Floppy, USB, 1394 brackets, CDROM and driver diskettes +
a face plate.
Processor
IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4, Socket 775,
800/1066MHz FSB
Supports Intel Pentium D and Prescott processors
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology supported
Chipset
IntelŪ 955X Express + ICH7R
Memory
Dual channel, unbuffered, 1.8V
DDR2-533/667 w/ or w/o ECC; (4) 240-pin DIMM sockets, max 8GB
Graphics
Discrete (non-integrated) - use
expansion slot
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16, 3 x PCI Express
x1, 3 x PCI
IDE/ATA Support
1 x ATA/100 + 2 x ATA/133 (w/ RAID) +
4 x SATA/300 (w/ RAID) + 4 x SATA/150 (w/ RAID)
Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and Intel Matrix Storage Technology (1+0 on 2
HDDs)
Supports IDE RAID 0, 1, and 1+0
Includes second SATA RAID controller (0, 1, and 1+0)
3 via internal headers + rear
cable/bracket assemby (1 x 1394b + 1 x 1394a 4-pin + 1 x 1394a 6-pin)
USB
Up to 8; 4 in rear I/O area + 2
internal 2-port headers; ver. 2.0
Rear I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x RJ45 (LAN)
4 x USB 2.0
1 x line-in/line-out/mic (audio)
1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP)
1 x COM (16550-compatible UART)
Additional line-outs for 7.1 channel audio
2 x S/PDIF (1 x coax out + 1 x optical out)
2 or 4 ports USB 2.0 via cable/bracket from internal headers (shared w/
front)
3 x IEEE-1394 via cable/bracket from internal headers (shared w/ front)
Internal Connectors/Headers
1 x floppy disk drive
Front audio header
2 x USB 2-port headers, ver. 2.0
3 x IEEE-1394 headers
Adjustable bus speeds
Adjustable memory timing
Adjustable voltages (may be Vcore only)
Adjustable ratios
Accessories
Support CD, user's manual (or
installation guide), rear I/O shield, 1 x floppy drive cable, 1 x HDD/ODD
drive cable (supports UDMA/ATA 33/66/100/133 drives)
RAID driver on floppy disk(s)
8 x SATA data cables, 4 x SATA power cable (each supports 2 drives),
1 extra HDD/ODD drive cable (supports UDMA/ATA 33/66/100/133 drives)
Non-SATA drive cables are round and sheathed at the connectors
Rear cable/bracket assembly w/ 2 x USB 2.0 ports
Rear cable/bracket assembly w/ 1 x 4-pin + 1 x 6-pin IEEE-1394a + 1 x 1394b
connectors
