The naming of motherboards is generally divided into four parts (depending on the specific product). The first part is the supported processor type, the second part is the chipset manufacturer, and the third part is the chipset type (the first three parts are The first part is the main body), and the fourth part is the suffix, indicating the different versions of the motherboard.
The numbering rules of GIGA motherboards
The author has been sorting and summarizing such numbers. Now I have found out the naming rules of GIGA motherboards, and got the confirmed. Here is my summary for everyone. I hope it will be helpful for everyone to understand:
For GIGA products, the number first is the name of the company, so all motherboards are first marked with "GA- ", there is no need to say more about these two letters.
GIGA's product number*** has 4 segments, expressed in the form of "GA-(F1)(F2)(F3)(F4)".
F1
The F1 section is a one-digit number indicating the supported CPU type. There are now four types: 5, 6, 7, and 8.
The "5" refers to the 586 series products, which means products based on Pentium, Pentium MMX, AMD K5, AMD K6, Cyrix 5x86, Cyrix 6x86 and other CPUs. Of course, these products have basically It has been withdrawn from the market, so it is not very common now.
"6" ??means 686 series products, which means Pentium Ⅱ, Pentium Ⅲ, Celeron, Celeron Ⅱ, etc., which are relatively popular products now.
"7" refers to the currently popular K7 series of products, including Athlon, new Athlon, and Duron series CPUs, which are for AMD.
"8" is a high-end product, which is rare in China. It is aimed at Willamette and Foster CPUs.
F2
The F2 section is a letter indicating the type of chipset used. There are 21 of them as follows, with some overlaps in some places:
A means using Ali company’s motherboard chipset, which is now rare.
B stands for Intel 440BX, a very "classic" product.
C respectively refers to the chipset of Camino (Intel 820) or Intel Colusa. It must be judged in conjunction with the previous F1. 6C must refer to 820 and 8C must refer to Colusa. Repeating will not affect the judgment.
D stands for AMD IGD4 chipset, which is the latest 760.
E represents Intel 440 EX. In addition, in the OEM market, it may also represent a Serverworks product, because it will not appear in the retail market and does not affect the identification of "E".
G refers to Intel 440 GX, which is mainly for Xeon CPUs and is rare in China. By the way, according to Intel's classification, Xeon should also belong to the 686 series of products, so when you see G on the GIGA motherboard number, it should be: "6G".
I stands for Irongate, which is AMD 750. Of course, when I appears, it must be "7I".
K refers to Intel 840, which may be the next motherboard chipset to dominate the market.
L means VIA's PL 133 or KL 133. Obviously, 6L means PL 133 because it is for Intel P6, and 7L means KL 133 because it is for AMD K7.
O refers to Solano, don’t you recognize it? It is currently the most popular Intel 815!
P stands for VIA’s PM 133, which is rare on the market.
R represents VIA’s PR266 or PM266, which is also distinguished by the preceding 6 or 7.
S refers to SiS products, which are currently rare in China.
T refers to Intel's Timan or Tehama. Of course, Timan must be preceded by 6, and Tehama must be preceded by 8.
V indicates the motherboard chipset of VIA. If it is 6V, it means VIA 693A/694X/PLE 133. If it is 7V, it means KX 133 or KLE 133.
W stands for Whitney, which is the name of Intel 810.
Z originally referred to Intel 440 ZX, and now KT 133/KM 133 has been added. Of course, it is also distinguished by 6Z and 7Z.
F3
F3 represents the structure of the motherboard, represented by one letter:
A--Baby AT
F--Flex ATX
L--LPX
M--Micro ATX
N--NLX
O--Mini NLX
X--ATX
Obviously, the most common one we have now is "X".
F4
F4 represents other features of this motherboard, generally using 1 to 4 letters or numbers, and can be used in combination with each other.
7 means the Socket 370 CPU socket is used to emphasize the use of some products. There are no products in Slot 1 anymore, so many motherboards using the Socket 370 slot will no longer be marked with "7" .
A means Audio, indicating that the sound card is integrated on this motherboard.
B means that the south bridge chip of the motherboard is modified to use VIA 686B, which means it supports UDMA 100.
C stands for Basic, which means "simplification and simplicity". In addition, in the 820 series products, C indicates that Rambus products are not supported, such as 6CXC.
D refers to dual (Dual) CPU. It seems that domestic GIGA dual-CPU products are rare.
E is a term commonly used in the computer industry, meaning Enhanced.
F stands for "multimedia", which means that the motherboard integrates a sound card, a display card, and especially a strengthened digital control panel (Digital Flat Panel).
G stands for integrated graphics card, VGA.
H means for high-end, specifically referring to the fact that the motherboard also has SCSI control and network cards in addition to the integrated graphics card.
L is LAN, which naturally has an integrated network card.
M is of course Multimedia. After the sound card and display card are integrated on the motherboard, it is called M.
R is Rack Server. On the basis of integrated display and network card, it also has SCSI or IDE Raid control function for data servers.
S Needless to say, the motherboard itself integrates SCSI. Although it is rare in China, this design is already very popular internationally.
T means Twin, which is the 'Gemini' design. Socket 370 and Slot 1 are placed on the motherboard at the same time, or Slot 1 and Slot 2 are installed at the same time.
U stands for Ultra 2/Ultra 160 SCSI, and the motherboard integrates enhanced SCSI.
W is Workstation. What the workstation needs is SCSI and network card, so the motherboard that integrates SCSI control and network card is called W.
Z refers to the integrated display card, sound card and network card, which is suitable for setting up a small network at home. The letter Z itself has no meaning.
There are also some numbers that are used specifically for certain products:
-4X emphasizes that the product uses the 694X chipset, because according to the numbering principle, 693A and 694X The numbers are all 6VM7, so -4X is added to distinguish them.
-4E is only used to replace -4X, indicating that it is an enhanced version of 694X.
-e, note that this e is lowercase and is only used to represent 810e. Because Intel uses lowercase to name 810e, so I will change it here. Such as 6WX7-e.
+ also means enhancement (but it seems to be seen more in software), and is only used for 693A series products.
Detailed explanation of MSI motherboard naming rules
XXX XXXX-XXXX, the code names before the spaces are the chipset models: 875P, 865PE, 845PE, PT880, PT8 (ie PT800), KT880 , KT6 (KT600), KT4AV (KT400A), K7N2 (nForce2 SPP), K7N2G (nForce2 IGP); the number of letters followed by the space is the FSB frequency code: for the Intel platform, Neo represents 800MHz, Max represents 533MHz, and Ultra Represents 400MHz. For the AMD platform, Delta represents 400MHz, and without a letter number, it represents 333/266MHz; the following numerical number is similar to the version number (the original version did not have a numerical number), such as 2 and 3, which represent more flexible content. Sometimes it is a change of the South Bridge, sometimes it is just a version upgrade; the code after "-" is the characteristic code: P stands for Prescott support, F stands for integrated Gigabit network card, I stands for onboard IEEE 1394 interface, S stands for Serial ATA support, R stands for RAID support , L stands for integrated 10/100Mbps network card.
For example: 865PE Neo2-PFISR's 865PE means that this motherboard uses the 865PE chipset. Neo means that it supports Pentium4 processors with a maximum FSB of 800MHz. The number 2 means that it is the second version of the product and uses the ICH5 south bridge. chip, and the 865PE Neo uses the ICH4 south bridge, and the PFISR after the "-" means that the motherboard supports Prescott, integrates a 10/100Mbps network card, has an onboard IEEE 1394 interface, supports Serial ATA and supports SATA RAID.
PT880 Neo-LSR's PT880 means that this motherboard is the first version of the product using the PT880 chipset. Neo means that it supports Pentium4 processors with a maximum FSB of 800MHz. The LSR after "-" means that this motherboard is integrated 10/100Mbps network card, supports Serial ATA and supports SATA RAID.
KT880 Delta-LSR's KT880 means that this motherboard is the first version of the product using the KT880 chipset. Delta means that it supports Athlon XP processors with a maximum FSB of 400MHz. The LSR after "-" means that this motherboard Integrated 10/100Mbps network card, supports Serial ATA and supports SATA RAID.
K7N2 Delta-L's K7N2 indicates that this motherboard uses the nForce2 SPP chipset. Delta indicates that it supports Athlon XP processors with a maximum FSB of 400MHz. The L after "-" indicates that this motherboard integrates 10/100Mbps network card.
A detailed discussion of the naming rules of Elite motherboards
As the world's largest designer and manufacturer of branded PC, compatible, and notebook motherboards, Elite's motherboards are sold all over the world. In people's minds, Elite's naming rules are also the most systematic. Among all the boards currently launched by Elite, there are nearly 80 models. However, after understanding the naming rules, consumers can easily understand from the model name what chipset the motherboard in their hands uses, what kind of CPU it can support, and what kind of CPU it can support. memory etc.
Elite can be said to be one of the few manufacturers that uses the chipsets of three major motherboard chip manufacturers, SIS, Intel, and VIA, to produce motherboards, so there are more varieties. Let's take a look at how he named these motherboards.
The following is the latest naming formula for Elite motherboards:
Group 1: There are several types: P6/P5/K7/P4.
In order to indicate the CPU type supported by all Elite motherboards, the motherboard names are represented by the first letter. P stands for INTEL and CPUs compatible with INTEL processors. 6 and 5 represent the generation division of the CPU. However, the interface with the CPU is more direct. For example, P6 indicates that the CPU supports Celeron and PII level one, and P5 supports CPUs with SOCKET7 sockets such as K6-2/3. K means that the supported processor is AMD's K7 series, and the matching number is only 7. P4 is the latest P4 motherboard.
The second group: two letters 3 and 4, indicating the chipset name, I represents INTEL, V represents VIA, S represents SIS, and A represents ALI. For example, VX--VIA P4X266 chipset in P4VXAS, then IB--INTEL 845 chipset in P4IBAS, IW--INTEL810 chipset motherboard in P6IWT-A+, S5--SIS 735 chipset in K7S5A, P6SEP-Me SE--SIS 620 chipset in the. However, in the early P6BXT-A+ and P6BAP-Me, BX refers to the famous INTEL BX chipset, the world's first chipset that truly supports 100MHz FSB, and it is still going strong to this day. BA--VIA APOLLO series chipset competing with BX chipset. In order to emphasize this point when naming Elite motherboards, the letter B was chosen, but this phenomenon will not appear again in future motherboard namings.
The third group: A--ATX, large board type. M--Mirco ATX, medium-sized board type. F--Flex ATX. The smallest board currently available. Among the early motherboards, take the motherboards P6BXT-A+ (with an extra T) and P6BAP-Me (with an extra P) as examples: P6BXT-A+ is the famous Gemini motherboard of Elite in those days, and the T-- means that it also has SLOT1 and SOCKET370 interface. The P-- in P6BAP-Me represents the SOCKET370 interface. The "-" has no actual meaning. In future naming, both "-" and P/T (currently INTEL sells SOCKET370 processors) will be removed.
The fourth group: This part appears with the increase of memory types, S--SDRAM memory, D--DDR SDRAM memory.
Group 5: Taking the early P6SEP-Me, P6LX-A+, and the current K7SEM/L. P6IEAT is an example. +--Enhanced type, now rare. e--Multimedia, with sound card, but now all elite motherboards come with sound card, so it will be removed from the future naming. /L--Integrated network card. T--can support INTEL Tualatin processor.
A few exceptional "personalized" products, K7VZM (Z stands for KZ, but the chip is currently called KT), P6ISA-II (815E, using CH2, -II is the second generation product), D6VAA ( VIA694x chipset, according to the 694X characteristic characters, the motherboard should have been named VX, but it was mistakenly named VA).
Seeing this, everyone must be very clear about the naming rules of Elite. Only these letters combined can express the true meaning of the motherboard. If one letter in the motherboard model is explained individually, , it loses its meaning. Here are some examples:
1. P4IBMS, this motherboard supports P4 processor, I means the chipset is provided by INTEL, B means it uses INTEL845 chipset. M indicates the board size is Micro ATX. The last letter indicates that the supported memory is SDRAM.
2. P4VXASD, the VX of this motherboard represents the chipset of VIA's P4VX266, and the SD behind it indicates that it supports two types of memory, SDRAM and DDR.
3. P6IPAT uses INTEL's 815EP B-STEP chipset, supports PIII and Celeron processors, and can support the latest Tualatin CPU. It is a large board with an ATX structure.
4. K7VTA3 uses VIA KT266 chipset (KT266A may be used in the future) and supports the full range of AMD processors.
5. K7SEM/L uses SIS 730S chipset. Although it is a Mirco ATX motherboard, it integrates sound card, graphics card and network card. It is the most representative work in the elite integration culture.
EPoX Panying Technology Panzheng motherboard naming convention
EPoX Panying Technology’s products sold in mainland China have been renamed Panzheng motherboards, but the naming rules for motherboard models remain the same. Change;
But no matter what the model is, the letters "EP" will be added before the model number. All products of EPoX Panying Technology will be identified with the letters "EP" + model number, rather than the motherboard alone. The model identification is like EP-4GEA+ as shown below, and this model number will be printed in bold on the motherboard.
The motherboard model may be printed next to the memory slot, or in some cases it may be printed in the middle or outside of the PCI.
EpoX Panying Technology product enthusiasts should pay special attention: currently, some motherboard manufacturers’ models on the market will imitate EP oX Panying Technology’s product models, even verbatim, but their model numbers must be There will be no letters "EP", so you must remember this when purchasing a motherboard from EPoX.
The model number of EPoX Panzheng motherboard is actually easy to understand and remember. It is divided into standard version and enhanced version. The standard model number is four digits, consisting of numbers and letters, with the first digit being a number, "4 "" represents support for P4 CPU (such as 4G4A), "8" represents support for AMD CPU (such as 8KHA), and "+" after the model represents enhanced type.
For example, the 4GEA and 4PEA with Aurora cool gyroscope currently on the market, "GE" and "PE" respectively represent the Intel 845GE and 845PE chipsets, and the letter "A" represents the standard model. , 4GEA+, 4PEA+ represent enhanced versions, and their simplified versions will be launched one after another, 4GEAE, 4PEAE. The difference lies in some RAID, IEEE1394, S-ATA, P80P and other functions.
As for the 8K9A model, "K9" represents the VIA KT408235 chipset, and "A" of course still represents the standard model. There will also be enhanced models based on the standard version. Such as 8K9A2+, 8K9A3+, etc., all have added RAID, S-ATA, LAN and other functions to the 8K9A model.
The PCB version of the EPoX Panying Technology Panzheng motherboard is also easy to identify. There will be words such as REV: 1.0 in the upper left corner of the motherboard (or between the PCI slots). This "1.0" is the so-called PCB version, the PCB version of officially mass-produced models will start from 1.0, and may be followed by 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and other versions. When conducting technical consultation on the motherboard at the EPoX Panying Technology Customer Service Center, this information is sometimes required. .
Detailed explanation of Jetway motherboard naming conventions
Speaking of the naming of various motherboards, Jetway motherboards that insist on using Chinese naming should be more distinctive. From "Shooting the Sun", which entered the DIY market with instant success, to "Yitian", "Slaying the Dragon", "Jingyun", "Chasing the Wind" and "Legend", a series of resounding names are all catchy, simple and easy to use. Remember, there is still a sense of martial arts in my bones.
In order to enable friends who are interested in Jetway motherboards to better understand Jetway motherboards, we will give a brief introduction to the naming convention of Jetway motherboards. We hope it will be helpful to enhance your understanding. .
At present, Jetway motherboards are mainly divided into three series: "Legend" series, "Chasing the Wind" series, and "Dragon Slaying" series. Among them, the "Legend" and "Zhuifeng" series support Intel P4 CPU, and the Legend series uses Intel's chipset; Zhuifeng uses VIA's chipset.
The Dragon Tu series all support AMD series CPUs.
The Tulong series is divided into two smaller series, namely the Tulong V series and the "Dragon N" series. The V of the Tulong V series is the V of VIA and uses the VIA chipset, while the N of the Tulong N series is Of course, it is the "N" of nVIDIA, and the chipset used is naturally nVIDIA. As for the "Yitian" series and "Jingyun" series that were once prominent, they have retired.
What I just introduced is the naming method of Chinese series. Let’s talk about some of the most common things in Jetway motherboard model naming. When Jetway motherboards name their motherboards, they mainly consider the following points: 1. Motherboard chip manufacturer, 2. Chip name, 3. , supported CPU types. The product models of all Jetway motherboards must start with "J-" because it is the first letter of the English name of Jetway. If not, then it is 200% certain that it is not a Jetway board;
If the word "MAX" appears in the model number of Jetway motherboard, it means that it is a digital motherboard. Compared with the ordinary version, it will add the currently popular ones such as IEEE 1394, Serial-ATA, and multi-channel hardware. Sound card, built-in network card and other integrated functions; if the chip version on the original motherboard has been updated or a certain function has been added or enhanced, add the word "Pro" after the ordinary version model; if it has not been specially added or enhanced A certain function, but due to the improvement of the production process or the redesign of the PCB board, the letters A, B... are added at the end of the product model to indicate the distinction, such as Legend PE, J-845PE, J-845PEA, J-845PEB All are its product models, and J-845PEB is its latest current version produced online.
Now let’s take Digital Legend PE (J-845PE MAX) as an example to explain its naming meaning: J: stands for Jetway motherboard; 845PE means this one uses the INTEL 845PE chipset, and MAX means it It is a motherboard with digital functions. Therefore it has its own Chinese name: Digital Legend PE. Jetway generally only assigns Chinese names to their high-end products, usually using the series name plus model name, such as Tulong V400A MAX, whose model is J-V400A MAX and belongs to the Tulong series.
The representative motherboards of the Legend series include: Digital Legend GE (J-845GE MAX), Legend PE (J-845PEB), etc.
Representative motherboards of the Zhuifeng series include: Digital Zhuifeng (J-P4X400DAZ), Zhuifeng 400 (J-P4X400DA), Zhuifeng (J-P4XFB), etc.
Slaying the Dragon Representative motherboards of the V series include: Digital Tulong 400A, also called Tulong V400A MAX (J-V400A MAX), Tulong V400A (J-V400ADB), etc.
Representative motherboards of the Tulong N series include: Tulong Dragon N18P (J-NF18P MAX) and Tulong N18G (J-NF18G MAX), the former is 18P because its north bridge is an SPP north bridge chip, and the latter is 18G because it uses an IGP north bridge with integrated graphics processing function.
With the development of PC technology and production technology, many current leading functions will gradually become the standard configuration of future motherboards, the most obvious one is USB2.0, so in Jetway’s newly launched Dragon Slaying In the N series, although it has many more functions than other digital tablets, the word "digital" is no longer deliberately mentioned. Although the earlier "Digital Chasing Wind" product models did not have the word "MAX" in them, they also integrated popular digital functions. This can be considered a special case!
A detailed discussion of the naming rules of Haoxin motherboards
As a well-known manufacturer and supplier of computer motherboards and add-on cards in Taiwan, China, Haoxin’s naming rules are also systematic. From the official website of Haoxin It can be understood that in the past few years alone, Haoxin has launched nearly 70 motherboard models. However, after understanding the naming rules, consumers can easily understand from the model name what chipset the motherboard in their hands uses, what kind of CPU it can support, etc.
The Essence of Cheats: Haoxin can be said to be one of the few manufacturers that uses the chipsets of the three major motherboard chip manufacturers, SiS, Intel, and VIA, to produce motherboards, so there are many varieties.
Let's take a look at how he named these motherboards. The following is the latest naming formula for Haoxin motherboards:
Advertisement Click to enlarge the image Group 1: One letter is used to represent the motherboard type. A - ATX, standard large form factor; M - Mirco ATX, small form factor; F - Flex ATX, ultra-small form factor with random size specifications, widely used in Haoxin XPC barebones.
The second group: uses one letter to indicate the chipset classification. B——Indicates the chipset launched by Intel that supports Socket478 P4 processor, such as the currently very mainstream i845D, i845E, and i845G; T——Indicates the chipset launched by Intel that supports Socket423 P4 processor. Such products have been gradually eliminated. , such as i850; E - indicates the chipset launched by Intel that supports Socket370 processors, mainly including i815 and i810 series chipsets; V - indicates the chipset launched by VIA that supports Intel processors, such as the current mainstream P4X266A, 694T , PLE133T, etc.; K - indicates the chipset launched by VIA that supports AMD processors, mainly including KT266A, KT333, KLE133, etc.; S - indicates SiS chipset. Since there are few SiS products, there is no segmentation for processors. .
The third group: uses a two-digit product serial number to indicate the upgrade of the chipset. For example, the difference between AB40 and AB45 is that the latter uses i845E, an upgraded chipset from i845D.
Suffix: Use letters or numbers to indicate some additional product information. GTR - indicates that the motherboard uses the High Point ATA133 RAID chip; 2 - indicates the upgrade of the motherboard version number, and sometimes also reflects a slight upgrade of the chipset. For example, the difference between AS40GT and AS40GT2 is that one of the chipsets is SiS645 , one is SiS645DX. R - means that the motherboard uses the ATA100 RAID chip; N - means that the motherboard integrates a network card interface.
Now that you have read the Cheats Training Chapter, you must be very clear about Haoxin’s naming rules. Only these letters combined can express the true meaning of the motherboard. If we explain the motherboard model individually, A certain letter loses its meaning. The following takes the mainstream products currently on the market as examples to illustrate how the above rules are applied:
1. AB45: ATX board type, i845E chipset. 2. AK35GT2(R): ATX form factor, KT333 chipset, integrated ATA133 RAID function; as an upgraded version of the AK35GT(R) motherboard using the KT266A chipset. 3. AV45GT2 (R): ATX form factor, P4X266A chipset, south bridge chip VT8233A, supports ATA133, integrated ATA133 RAID function; its predecessor AV45GT (R) uses VT8233 south bridge chip, only supports ATA100. 4. AV47GT ( R): ATX form factor, P4X400 chipset, integrated ATA133 RAID function. 5. MB45 (N): Micro ATX form factor, i845G chipset, integrated graphics card, integrated RealTek network card chip; 6. MB47 (N): Micro ATX form factor, i845GL chipset, integrated graphics card, integrated RealTek network card chip; 7. MK32 (N): Micro ATX form factor, KM266 chipset, integrated S3 graphics card, integrated RealTek network card chip; 8. MV42 (N): Micro ATX form factor, P4M266 chipset, integrated S3 graphics card, integrated RealTek network card chip;