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Board Layout
The Albatron PX845PEV Pro is one tiny
motherboard! The board measures a mere 7.84in x 11.57in.
Amazing how they fit so much in such a small board. The motherboard
is quite attractive! Its cool blue PCB is similar to that of the Shuttle
AS45GTR we reviewed here. Let's take a
closer look at it.
There is no on-board RAID. You only
have your primary & secondary IDE connectors supporting ATA100.
The northbridge has a heatsink but no fan. You may want to throw one
on there considering it's located so close to the CPU itself. The southbridge has no heatsink
and you may want to install one there as well.
The Floppy connector is
oddly placed on the opposite side of the board. The CD-IN connectors
for sound are also located at this end.
As you can see, space it
limited around the CPU socket. Capacitors located along the left
side and the ATX 12v connector is very close to the processor itself.
Notice the AGP slot above.
It actually almost touches the first DIMM slot. The ATX power
connector is also in an odd place but understandable due to the boards
size. There are 3 fan headers all in good locations.
Finally, we have a shot of
the rear I/O panel. You have your sound connectors, LAN and 2 USB
ports.
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