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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Intel Motehrboards Comparisons

A comparison of the features and capabilities of the different Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium Pro and 486 Motherboards sold by Intel Corporation.

Please note that Magenta Systems does not sell motherboards or any PC hardware, nor can we recommend any dealers that do so. These pages are purely for comparative purposes.

This page is no longer updated and does not include any motherboards released since 1999.

The Intel Motherboard Reference is compiled by Magenta Systems Ltd from Intel motherboard data sheets.

Covers all current Pentium III, Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium Pro, Pentium and 486 motherboards, detailing code name, BIOS level, chipset, slots, memory and I/O capabilities. Includes

AC450NX
C440GX+/Cypress
L440GX+/Lancewood
SE440BX-3/Seattle 3
SR440BX/Sun River
AB440ZX/Alberta
FJ440ZX/Fiji
BL440ZX/Bali
AD450NX
SC450NX/Sitka Cabrillo
T440BX/Nightlight
BI440ZX/Bimini
RC440BX/Rochester
SE440BX-2/Seattle 2
WS440BX/Warm Springs
MP440BX/Mount Prospect
KU440EX/Kaui
SE440BX/Seattle
N440BX/Nightshade
JN440BX/Juneau
MU440EX/Maui
MB440LX/Madrona
R440LX/Redwood
LM440LX/Livermore
BB440FX/Buckeye Balboa
RC440FX/Rosewood Columbus
AP450GX/Alder Poca
BC450GX
CN430TX/Chattanooga
Atlana
Dakota
NX440LX
Dublin
Portland
Anchorage
Lonetree
Mailman
Providence
Venus
Apollo
Newport
Tucson
Orlando
Cumberland
Agate
Tiger Eye
Ruby
Rhinestone
Marl
Aurora
Thor
Atlantis
Endeavour
Monaco
Morrison
Zappa
Alladin
Plato
Altair
Socrates
Batman
Robin
Ninja
Entrada
Alfredo

The Archive Version contains original Excel version 5 or 7 spreadsheets formatted to print on single sheets of paper. Archive also contains converted text CVS, QuattroPro WB2 and Lotus 123 WK4 versions (less well formatted).

Version 15 adds several new Pentium II and Pentium Pro motherboards, mainly aimed at servers.

Version 16 adds the new BX and EX chipsets and new motherboards using these chipsets.

Version 17 adds the new NX and ZX chipsets, new motherboards using these chipsets, and other new PII MBs.

Version 18 updates existing motherboards that are Pentium III capable, and adds several new MBs using GX2, BX and ZX chipsets.


The latest Intel motherboard information including full Acrobat format manuals is available from the Intel OEM Motherboards web site.

The latest BIOSs for Intel motherboard are available from the Intel FTP site.

For an in depth information of the different motherboard features, Tom´s Hardware Page is highly recommended.

The House of Hall site has more information about identifying and upgrading BIOS's and motherboards, including links to the various Intel motherboard manuals.

Motherboard HomeWorld has lots more motherboard information and links and how to build a PC.

For information and jumpers on thousands of hard disks, look at PC Disk.

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