Mainboard KM61S-AM2
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the KM61S-AM2 Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA
®
MCP61S
chipset. The mainboard supports the AMD Athlon
TM
64 FX/ Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/ Athlon
TM
X2 Dual-Core/ Athlon
TM
64/ Sempron
TM
Processor with FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies of
1000 MHz (2000 MT/s).
The KM61S-AM2 provides two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets and which with
Dual Channel Technology supported. The sockets allow you to install 240-pin, non-ECC &
unbuffered DDR II 800 (PC2-6400)/ DDR II 667 (PC2-5300)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300)/ DDR II
400 (PC2-3200) SDRAM, and support a total memory capacity of 2 GB.
This mainboard provides one PCI-E x16 slot for use with a graphics card, and one PCI-E x1 slot
for an expansion card which the PCI-E x1 interface compatible. In addition, two PCI slots are
provided by the mainboard for use with expansion cards which the PCI interface compatible.
The KM61S-AM2 provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB/
720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB drive. It also has one IDE connector compatible with PIO
Mode 0/1/2/3/4 for IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133. In addition, the
onboard Serial ATA II comes with two SATA II connectors, which the interface can provide up to
3 Gbps transmit speed and also support RAID 0/ 1 mode
<See Appendix II>
.
The onboard High Definition Audio Codec (ALC861) supports high quality performance
8-channel audio play (Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect)
<See Appendix I>
. The mainboard also
supports the Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF) output function (Optional).
The KM61S-AM2 also comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN PHY chip. There is a
LAN port on the back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an internet cable.
In addition, there are maximal eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports which can be set up on this mainboard.
Furthermore, one PRINTER header is flexible for extra device by optional cable.
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual are
for reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The company
will not assume any responsibility for any errors or mistakes within.
