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Abit AW8-MAX i955X
Description: "In their relentless pursuit of perfection, ABIT Engineers have created their ultimate MAX motherboard to date. Today ABIT is pleased to announce the AW8-MAX, the latest addition to its revoluti
Hardware Notes:
lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 955X Memory Controller Hub (rev 81)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 955X PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dff00000
Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [140] Unknown (5)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fd800000-fd8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd700000-00000000fd700000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fd600000-fd6fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fde00000-00000000fde00000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdc00000-00000000fdc00000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
I/O ports at ff00 [size=32]
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 233
I/O ports at fe00 [size=32]
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at fd00 [size=32]
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
I/O ports at fc00 [size=32]
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd900000-00000000fd900000
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at f900 [size=16]
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 233
I/O ports at f800 [size=8]
I/O ports at f700 [size=4]
I/O ports at f600 [size=8]
I/O ports at f500 [size=4]
I/O ports at f400 [size=16]
Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
Memory at fd6f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at fddf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
05:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
Memory at fdaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at fdaf8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Abit AW8-MAX i955X
Description: "In their relentless pursuit of perfection, ABIT Engineers have created their ultimate MAX motherboard to date. Today ABIT is pleased to announce the AW8-MAX, the latest addition to its revoluti
Hardware Notes:
lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 955X Memory Controller Hub (rev 81)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 955X PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dff00000
Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [140] Unknown (5)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fd800000-fd8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd700000-00000000fd700000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fd600000-fd6fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fde00000-00000000fde00000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdc00000-00000000fdc00000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
I/O ports at ff00 [size=32]
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 233
I/O ports at fe00 [size=32]
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at fd00 [size=32]
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
I/O ports at fc00 [size=32]
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd900000-00000000fd900000
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at f900 [size=16]
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 233
I/O ports at f800 [size=8]
I/O ports at f700 [size=4]
I/O ports at f600 [size=8]
I/O ports at f500 [size=4]
I/O ports at f400 [size=16]
Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
Memory at fd6f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at fddf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
05:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 105b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
Memory at fdaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at fdaf8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2