Intel P6EX-ME Slot 1 Motherboard 440EX Pentium II Celeron 2x DIMM 256MB

Intel P6EX-ME Slot 1 Motherboard 440EX Pentium II Celeron 2x DIMM 256MB

The Intel P6EX-ME is a Slot 1 system board built around the Intel 440EX chipset, designed to support Pentium II and Celeron processors in the Slot 1 form factor. It provides two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM slots for up to 256MB of system memory, along with PCI expansion slots and a standard rear I/O panel. This is a compact Micro ATX-footprint board from the late 1990s era of Intel's P6 platform architecture.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Intel P6EX-ME
• Chipset: Intel 440EX
• CPU Socket: Slot 1 (supports Pentium II and Celeron Slot 1 processors)
• Memory: Two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM slots
• Maximum Memory: 256MB
• Form Factor: Micro ATX
• Expansion: PCI slots (visible in photos)
• Rear I/O: Serial ports, parallel port, PS/2, USB ports (visible on rear panel)
• Storage: IDE/ATA headers visible on board
• Board only — CPU and RAM are not included

Applications

The P6EX-ME belongs to Intel's late-1990s Slot 1 platform, which was the standard desktop CPU interface for Pentium II and early Celeron processors from roughly 1997 to 2000. The 440EX chipset was Intel's entry-level chipset for this era, commonly used in budget and small-form-factor desktop systems and compact workstations. Boards like this are now sought primarily for legacy system restoration, retro computing projects, and period-correct rebuilds of late-1990s Intel-based PCs. The Slot 1 interface used a cartridge-style CPU module (SEC cartridge) rather than a traditional socket, a design that was phased out when Intel transitioned to the Socket 370 (PGA370) platform with the Pentium III and Celeron Coppermine processors around 1999–2000.