 The
VIA P4MA Pro delivers a highly integrated feature set optimized for building flexible,
cost-effective Pentium 4 and Celeron-based solutions for today's totally connected,
multimedia home and business computing environment. Based on the VIA Pro-SavageDDR™
P4M266 chipset, the P4MA Pro combines the cost saving and convenience of the
ProSavage8™ integrated graphics engine with the flexibility of an optional external
AGP 4X port. Memory support is provided through VIA's highly renowned DDR266 SDRAM
controller while an extensive connectivity feature set includes onboard USB 2.0, 10/100
LAN, and ATA/133. VIA's onboard 6 channel audio solution rounds out this robust multimedia
platform. The four USB 2.0 ports on the VIA P4MA Pro
enable seamless connectivity to all the latest high speed multimedia devices and
peripherals such as digital video cameras, advanced media disk drives, and the next
generation of scanners and printers while also providing backwards compatibility with
established USB 1.1 standard devices.
An onboard VIA VT1616 audio codec provides six channels of
studio quality, crisp, digital surround sound. The P4MA Pro is VIA Smart5.1™
compliant. Smart5.1 technology detects 6 channel audio operation and auto-configures the
mainboard's three jack audio I/O to output to front, rear, and center/subwoofer 6 channel
speaker systems. The P4MA Pro supports both optical and S/PDIF outputs and is bundled with
a S/PDIF connector bracket that fits neatly into any available PC chassis I/O expansion
slot, that enable digital to digital signal transfers between devices such as MP3 and DVD
players, thus eliminating the signal degradation associated with traditional analog audio.
The VIA P4MA Pro's compact Micro ATX form factor layout offers excellent scalability, with
two DDR SDRAM DIMMs, three PCI, one AGP, and a CNR slot. The VIA P4PB is also bundled with
FliteDeck™, the extensive system management suite that enables advanced features such
as overclocking, system monitoring and BIOS updates and comprises four utilities,
MissionControl, JetStream, FlashPort, and SysProbe. |
