EPOX Série 9NPA+Ultra
Caractéristiques Technique:
CPU Socket
Support Socket-939 based AMD Athlon-64/ Athlon-64 FX up to 4000+ with 2.0GT/s Hyper Transport
Chipset
nVidia nForce4 Ultra AGPset
Memory
4x 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Supports single- / doublesided 2.5v DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs in 64/128/256/512 MB Modules
Supports up to 4 GB System Memory
Dual Channel Architecture
Expansion Slots
3x PCI Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0
1x PCI Express (x16) connector compliant with PCI Express 1.0
Three PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.2
Onboard PCI/IDE
Two IDE ports (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller.
I/O
Onboard Winbond W83627THF LPC bus I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, Parallel, Two Serial, Game and IrDA (version 1.0 compliant)
1394A: Two ports (400 Mbps)
Smartfan function for noise / temperature control of CPU cooler automatically based upon temperature
USB
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel)
S-ATA
Four S-ATA ports from nForce CK8-04 up to 150MBps bandwidth with RAID 0,1 0+1, JBOD support
Integrated Audio
Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97 version 2.3 compliant CODEC width 18-bit ADC and 16-bit DAC resolution
Support AUX-in, CD-in, S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out
Rear Panel audio jacks configuration:
For 2-channel mode; stereo Line-out (Lime), stereo Line-In (Light blue) and Mic-In (Pink)
For 6-channel mode; Front stereo-out (Lime), Rear stereo-out (Light blue), Center and Sub-woofer (Pink)
For 8-channel mode; stereo Line-In (Light blue), Mic-In (Pink), Front Stereo-out (Lime), Rear stereo-out (Black), Center and Sub-woofer (Orange) and Side stereo-out (Gray)
Support Front panel audio for Mic-In and stereo Line-Out only. (Front panel Line-out electrically shared with rear panel Line-out).
Support Auto Jack Sensing for fool-proof audio device installation
Coaxial S/PDIF-out available on rear panel
LAN
1Gb Ethernet from onboard Cicada CIS8201 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Embedded Nvidia Firewall with Active Armor (SNE)
BIOS
4MB Flash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS
Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up
Award Plug&Play BIOS
Special Features
Onboard Post-Port LED display
KBPO (Keyboard Power On)
Wake-On-LAN
Supports USB resume in S3
Support CPU over heat protection
Power BIOS
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and AGP/PCI
BIOS adjustable CPU clock and voltage, DIMM frequency and voltage settings.
Powerfull utilities for Windows
USDM (Unified System Diagnostic Manager) for system hardware monitoring
Magic Flash for BIOS update without requiring a DOS Flash utility and/or bootable diskettes
Magic Screen for personal bootup screen design
Usefull Software Bundle
Symantec Norton Anti Virus system security
Wasay Pro Magic for system backup
Form Factor
305mm x 245mm x 40mm, ATX Size
EPoX EP-9NPA+SLI
Caractéristiques Techniques:
CPU Socket
* Support Socket-939 based AMD Athlon-64/ Athlon-64 FX up to 4000+ with 2.0GT/s Hyper Transport
Chipset
* nVidia nForce4 SLI Host Controller
Memory
* 4x 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
* Supports single- / doublesided 2.5v DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs in 64/128/256/512 MB Modules
* Supports up to 4 GB System Memory
* Dual Channel Architecture
Expansion Slots
* 1x PCI Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0
* Two PCI Express (x16) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a to support SLI technology
* Three PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.2
* One SLI riser control card connector
Onboard PCI/IDE
* Two IDE ports (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller.
I/O
* Onboard Winbond W83627THF LPC bus I/O controller
* Support Hardware Monitoring function such as fan speed and CPU temperature
* 1394A: Two ports (400 Mbps)
* Smartfan function for noise / temperature control of CPU cooler automatically based upon temperature
* PS/2 keyboard and mouse, FDD, Parallel, one Serial, Game and IrDA (v1.0 compliant)
USB
* Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel)
S-ATA
* Four S-ATA ports with up to 150 MBps bandwidth from Silicon Image Sil-3114 with RAID 0/1/5/10 support and Port Multiplier function for expansion to external S-ATA HDD array
* Four S-ATA ports from nForce CK8-04 up to 150MBps bandwidth with RAID 0,1 0+1, JBOD support
Integrated Audio
* Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from onboard Realtek ALC850 AC'97 version 2.3 compliant CODEC width 18-bit ADC and 16-bit DAC resolution
* Support AUX-in, CD-in, S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out
* Rear Panel audio jacks configuration:
o For 2-channel mode; stereo Line-out (Lime), stereo Line-In (Light blue) and Mic-In (Pink)
o For 6-channel mode; Front stereo-out (Lime), Rear stereo-out (Light blue), Center and Sub-woofer (Pink)
o For 8-channel mode; stereo Line-In (Light blue), Mic-In (Pink), Front Stereo-out (Lime), Rear stereo-out (Black), Center and Sub-woofer (Orange) and Side stereo-out (Gray)
* Support Front panel audio for Mic-In and stereo Line-Out only. (Front panel Line-out electrically shared with rear panel Line-out).
* Support Auto Jack Sensing for fool-proof audio device installation
* Coaxial S/PDIF-out available on rear panel
* Optical output available on rear panel
LAN
* 1Gb Ethernet from onboard Cicada CIS8201 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
* Embedded Nvidia Firewall with Active Armor (SNE)
BIOS
* 4MB Flash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS
* Support ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S
* Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
* Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up
* Award Plug&Play BIOS
Special Features
* Onboard Post-Port LED display
* KBPO (Keyboard Power On)
* Wake-On-LAN
* Supports USB resume in S3
* Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB PCI/PCI-E
* Support CPU over heat protection
* Piston V, True 5 individual phase switching power design for cooler PWM and extreme stability
* onboard Ledion Led system to show the status of important system components
* EZ Button, power and reset button onboard for easy setup and debugging
* Support CPU, Chassis and Power FAN speed control
* This Board supports nVidia's nTune tweak tuning utility
* Post-Port LED Temperature functionality after POST
Power BIOS
* Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and AGP/PCI
* Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
* Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier & Core voltage, FSB clock, PCI-E x16 voltage & clock, Chipset voltage, DIMM frequency and voltage settings
Powerfull utilities for Windows
* USDM (Unified System Diagnostic Manager) for system hardware monitoring
* Magic Flash for BIOS update without requiring a DOS Flash utility and/or bootable diskettes
* Magic Screen for personal bootup screen design
Accessoires
* - Power Pack containing:
o Mini heatsinks (8pcs)
o Screwdriver
o Thermo stick
o Powerpack guide
* USB bracket
* Game + COM2 bracket
* IEEE1394 x2 ports bracket
* SP-ATA Kit (S-ATA to IDE drive converter)
* 1x IDE Round cable
* 1x FDD Flat cable
* 2x SATA data + power
* Manual (EN)
* Jumper settings leaflet (color)
* Driver CD with bundled software and utilities EPOX casebadge sticker
* I/O SHIELD
Form Factor
* 305mm x 245mm x 40mm, ATX Size
Bundle:
Version Ultra
Version SLI

Sites Officiels:
Epox Europe: http://www.epox-europe.com/
EP série: http://www.epox-europe.com/product [...] _type_id=2
Bios: http://www.epox-europe.com/downloa [...] uct_id=271
Drivers: http://www.epox-europe.com/downloa [...] uct_id=271
http://www.epox-europe.com/downloa [...] uct_id=297
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Tests:
EP 9NPA+Ultra
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzQ4
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/m [...] -9npa.html
http://www.clubic.com/article-1838 [...] rce-4.html
http://www.syndrome-oc.net/article [...] =59&page=1
http://www.thecrucible.ca/reviews/9npa/index.php
http://www.tomshardware.fr/article [...] &NumPage=8
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465
EP 9NPA+SLI
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?id=362
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2005/epox/9npa+sli/g1.htm
http://www.tomshardware.fr/article [...] &NumPage=7
Forums
http://www.nokytech.net/forum/show [...] ge=1&pp=15
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] hp?t=49475
Problèmes & Remarques
Message édité par rlote le 08-07-2005 à 09:55:04