Technical Specifications: Form Factor Std ATX (305x244) CPU MPC745x (G4) CPU speed 800MHz CPU upgradable Yes CPU socket Yes (A1 Megaarray) CPU cooling Active (fan) FSB 133MHz Memory slots 2 x DIMM Memory type SDRAM Memory specification Registered 133 Memory maximum 2GB Memory onboard 0 Northbridge Articia 'S' with fix Southbridge VIA 82C686B PCI 33 MHz 4 Slots PCI 66MHz 1 Slot Graphics onboard none Graphics output n/a Audio onboard AC-97 (only on early boards) AGP slots 1 AGP speed 2x IDE controller VIA 686B ATA100 IDE headers 2 x 40 way I/O expansion none Firewire IEEE1394 none Ethernet chip 3COM 820C 10/100 USB mode 1.1 USB ports 2 back plate+2 headers PS2 ports Keyboard + mouse Serial ports 2 x 16650 equiv. Parallel port 1 x EPP/ECP IRDA port On header Firmware PPCBoot + OS4 enabler O/S capability LinuxPPC + OS4

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The AmigaOne XE-G4 was finally released in June 2003, running the 800MHz G4 processor (upgradeable to 933MHz warrantied and 1066MHz unwarrantied). While these boards were supplied with AC-97 codec onboard, it gave problems when activated and the sound quality was poor, so it was recommended that a separate sound card be installed. Later versions of the board did not even have the chip fitted. Then in October 2005, Steven Brookes discovered that it could be made to work after all, so Davy Wentzler created an AHI driver for it and the sound quality was on par with the SoundBlaster Live card.