Packard Bell Tempest M/Board

Specification

• Audio : Creative Soundblaster Audio PCI ES1371 or ES1373.
• Battery : 3.3V, 100mAH lithium battery, in socket.
• BIOS : Award BIOS, 2MB Flash Device.
• Cache : Integrated on the SEC cartridge.
• Chipset : Intel 82440BX PCI set (82443BX PCI/AGP controller (PAC) and 82371EB PCI/ISA IDE Xcelerator (PIIX4E) device).
• CPU : SEC cartridge, placed in slot 1: Celeron up to 400/66 MHz, Pentium II up to 450/100 MHz, Pentium III up to 550/100 MHz
• Expansion Sockets : 2 PCI slots, 1 shared ISA/PCI slot.
• Form Factor : ATX Form Factor.
• RAM : Two 168 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 512 MB of SDRAM memory.
• Video : ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2x 8MB SDRAM

Upgrade Options

• CPU :
  • This motherboard has a Slot 1 for Intel(R) Pentium(R) II/ III processor, which can support the following CPUs: Celeron up to 400/66 MHz, Pentium II up to 450/100 MHz, Pentium III up to 550/100 MHz
  • The CPU speed jumpers SW1 (found in the lower right corner of the motherboard) will have to be set according to the table in the Jumpers section.
• RAM :
  • The motherboard has two DIMM sockets for memory modules. These sockets accept only 168-pin DIMM modules. The connectors of the memory sockets are gold-plated. In order to avoid oxidation, also the DIMM modules used must have gold-plated connectors. Before installing a new memory module, please verify that you have at least one free DIMM socket available.
  • Only unbuffered 3.3 V SDRAM may be used.
  • Single- or double-sided DIMMs may be used.
  • SDRAM DIMMs may be up to 256 MB big.
  • Maximum memory size supported by the motherboard is 512 MB.
  • You can use Parity (×72) DIMMs or ECC (1-bit Error Code Correct) as the motherboard supports also memory checking.
  • If the front bus is set to 100 MHz, then memory must be consistent with PC100 SDRAM specifications.

Jumpers