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03-15-2007
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Description:
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For Core2Duo processors.
Integrated graphics adapter with Intel 965G chipset. (Open source drivers here: http://intellinuxgraphics.org)
One Realtek gigabit ethernet slot
One Texas Instruments Firewire port
JMicron SATA/PATA controller (drivers included in kernels 2.6.19 and above, also Ubuntu 6.10 has kernel that works)
Overview
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- Intel LGA775 Platform
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D Ready
- Intel® G965 / ICH8
- Intel® GMA X3000, Intel® Clear Video Technology
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- ESATA and IEEE 1394 Support
- AI Gear / AI Nap / ASUS Advanced Q-Fan
Details
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Memory:
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion slots:
1 x PCI-E x16
1 x PCI-E x4
2 x PCI 2.2
VGA: (no DVI output)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3000 (Intel® GMA X3000) integrated
High Definition Video Processing with max. resolutions to 2048 x 1536 bpp(@ 75Hz)
Max. shared memory of 256MB
Support Microsoft® DX 9, OpenGL 1.5, Pixel Shader 3.0
Storage:
Southbridge
- 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 for up to 2 PATA devices
- 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port
- 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD (by 1x External SATA & 1x Internal SATA)
Audio:
ADI® AD1988 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
- Coaxial S/PDIF out port onboard
- ASUS Noise Filter
IEEE1394:
TI® 1394a controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at midboard; one at back panel)
Back panel connectors:
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel port
1 x External SATA
1 x VGA port
1 x IEEE1394a
1 x RJ45 port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1
8-Channel Audio I/O
Internal connectors:
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
1 x COM connector
5 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU Fan connector
1 x Chassis Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
Front panel audio connector
1 x Azalia Digital Header
1 x S/PDIF Out Header
Chassis Intrusion connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
BIOS:
8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
Type:
uATX Form Factor, 9.6"x 9.6"(24.5cm x 24.5cm)
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Keywords:
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P5B Intel 775 core duo 965G
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation SATA Controller 1 IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation SATA Controller 2 IDE (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8168 (rev 01)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
05:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
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Chipset:
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Intel 965G
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03-15-2007, 01:03 PM
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Registered: Dec 2006
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 32
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.18
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Distribution:
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Slack 11.0
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The P5B-VM is a small form factor micro ATX M/B that offers a lot of performance for its size.
(At least that was the sexy sales pitch that put it in my hands).
This M/B can be a bit problematic for a newbie, but should be an absolute Rock Show for a capable Linux user.
It requires support for the JMicron 363 ICH8 southbridge chip controller that is only available with the 2.6.18 or later kernels.
It will only boot to BIOS without that support, or (if using a IDE optical drive) load a kernel image into memory, and then stop with a "no hard disk found" warning.
You have been warned. :-)
It can however accomodate the Duo-core processor family of chips, and a ton of 800/667/533 MHz DDR2 memory.
There is onboard gigbit lan from Realtek(RTL8111B), but I've yet to get it to work, however a $19 netgear PCI card does the job.
LAN drivers are provided from ASUS. Some expert research would be appreciated on that.
The reviewed system (that'd be the one I'm talking about here) has been built with a 300 gig Seagate SATA hard drive that is 3Gb/s capable, a gig of 800/MGz DDR2 memory in two 512's for dual interleaving, and an Intel pentium D (915) 2.8GHz chip.
There is an onboard Intel chip video option, or PCIExpress for whatever card you might want.
Currently running a ASUS EN7600GT card (Nvidia chip).
It also has a floppy drive (supported) and an IDE/DVD R/W optical drive.
I'm running Slackware 11.0 using the test26.s kernel.
(Distributions built without JMicron driver support will not install).
It'll run a compiler really fast. Or re-load the entire O/S (all 3.6 Gig's) in 15 minutes.
I wish I didn't need to do that so often, but I digress.............this is supposed to be a review........ :-)
The board also has onboard audio.
Since I've yet to make that work I can't say much about it.
The BIOS is a monster, it contains the most features I've ever seen, and it should come with it's own dictionary (if not it's own solar system).
A good product overall, but it does need some tweaking to get the performance offered.
Keywords: ASUS P5B-VM
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1)
02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
04:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Chipset: Intel G965/ICH8
Connection Type: Ethernet
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