Introduction

For several years ABIT has been THE motherboard maker if you are looking for a top overclocking board.



Now ABIT has released the "Fatal1ty" series of motherboards.
Fatal1ty is one of the most successful professional gamers in the world. ABIT hired him to give his name and a few design ideas to the new boards.

Here is a quote from ABIT's website: "Engineered by ABIT. Game-tested and approved by Fatal1ty. The Fatal1ty AA8XE motherboard represents the culmination of ABIT Engineering with the gaming prowess and experience of the world’s number one professional gamer, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The result of this collaboration is a gaming platform with no equal, specifically engineered for the gamer that demands nothing less than the very best."

Features

Specifications from ABIT

Processor

• Designed for Intel® 90nm Pentium 4 LGA775 processors
• Supports 1066/800MHz FSB
• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Chipset

• Intel® 925XE/Intel® ICH6R Express Chipset

Memory

• Four 240-pin DIMM sockets
• Supports Dual channel DDR2 533/400 Unbuffered Non-ECC memory
• Supports maximum memory capacity up to 4GB

ABIT Engineered

• ABIT uGuru™ Technology
• ABIT CPU Accelerator Technology
• ABIT ThermalGuard™ Technology
• ABIT TweakGuard™ Technology
• ABIT Dual OTES™ Technology
• ABIT OC Strips Technology
• ABIT MOSFET Thermal Solution
• ABIT OTES AeroFlow™ Technology
• ABIT OTES RAMFlow™ Technology
• ABIT AudioMAX Technology with Dolby® Digital Live Support
• ABIT On-board ultra-bright LEDs
• ABIT Bold Design color management system for easy installation
• ABIT Guru peripheral product link

PCI-E X16 graphic

• Delivers up to 8GB/s per direction for 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP8X

SATA RAID

• Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports 4 ports SATA 150 RAID 0/1
• Supports SATA AHCI, providing native command queuing & native hot plug

Dual LAN

• Intel® Gigabit LAN
• Intel® 10/100Mbps LAN

IEEE1394

• Supports 3 Ports IEEE 1394 at 100/200/400Mb/s transfer rate

Audio (Dolby Digital Live support)

• On board 7.1 channels Intel High Definition Audio CODEC
• Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x PCI-E X16 slot
• 2 x PCI-E X1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots
• 1 x Audio daughter card port
• 1 x Floppy port
• 1 x UDMA 100/66/33 connector
• 4 x SATA 150 connectors
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers
• 2 x IEEE1394 headers

Back Panel I/O

• ABIT Dual OTES™
• 1 x PS/2 keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse
• 1 x IEEE1394
• 4 x USB 2.0
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN (Gigabit), 1 x RJ-45 LAN (10/100)
• 1 x BP-Audio (S/P DIF in/out, Line Out, Line-in, MIC-in, Center/Subwoofer, Rear Surround, Surround Speaker)

ABIT Guru Panel I/O (Option)

• 2 x USB 2.0
• 1 x IEEE 1394
• 1 x Headphone
• 1 x Microphone
• SATA power/connector
• CMOS reset button with safety cover
• Guru LCD display
• Easy OC button

Dimension

• ATX form factor 305 x 245mm

Packaging Content

• 1 x 7.1 channels Intel HD audio daughter card
• 1 x Back I/O shield
• 4 x SATA signal cables
• 1 x Rounded ATA 100 cable
• 1 x Rounded floppy cable
• 1 x ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE Owner’s Manual
• 1 x ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE Multilingual QIG
• 1 x ABIT uGuru User’s Manual
• 1 x ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE Installation CD
• 1 x SATA RAID Driver Disk
• 1 x ABIT Case Badge
• 1 x Jumper Setting Label
• 1 x 2 ports USB2.0 + 2 ports IEEE194 Cable
• 1 x SATA Power cable