Latest Model of Intel Motherboard
The most distinguishing aspect of the 4G4A+ is the black PCB. Seems like EPoX is jumping on the colored PCB bandwagon. One day, green will be a new color.
The EPoX 4G4A+ is a well designed motherboard. It has 11 Sanyo 3300 uF (micro-Farad) capacitors and three inductors around the CPU socket to ensure a clean electric signal. Similarly, two giant Teapo 4700 uF and smaller capacitors straddle the three 184-pin DDR memory slots.
The 4G4A+ has three visible yellow jumpers. One next to the Northbridge is for FSB selection. This jumper has the three following options: Default, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz. Another to the right of the USB1 and PS2 connectors allows the user to enable or disable a keyboard power on feature. The last clear-CMOS jumper is situated above the floppy connector. That's keeping it nice and simple!
In comparison to an Intel 845E-based motherboard our website tested recently, this EPoX motherboard has one additional memory slot. Unfortunately, that does not allow for more RAM support, as the Intel 845 series of chipsets will only allow up to 2-GB of DDR RAM or four memory banks. A double-sided stick of RAM takes up two banks. A single-sided one uses one bank. The use of two double-sided modules in two DIMM slots fills all four available banks. The EPoX manual included with the motherboard package clearly delineates on page 3-6 which memory configurations work.
The EPoX 4G4A+ is a well designed motherboard. It has 11 Sanyo 3300 uF (micro-Farad) capacitors and three inductors around the CPU socket to ensure a clean electric signal. Similarly, two giant Teapo 4700 uF and smaller capacitors straddle the three 184-pin DDR memory slots.
The 4G4A+ has three visible yellow jumpers. One next to the Northbridge is for FSB selection. This jumper has the three following options: Default, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz. Another to the right of the USB1 and PS2 connectors allows the user to enable or disable a keyboard power on feature. The last clear-CMOS jumper is situated above the floppy connector. That's keeping it nice and simple!
In comparison to an Intel 845E-based motherboard our website tested recently, this EPoX motherboard has one additional memory slot. Unfortunately, that does not allow for more RAM support, as the Intel 845 series of chipsets will only allow up to 2-GB of DDR RAM or four memory banks. A double-sided stick of RAM takes up two banks. A single-sided one uses one bank. The use of two double-sided modules in two DIMM slots fills all four available banks. The EPoX manual included with the motherboard package clearly delineates on page 3-6 which memory configurations work.
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