K8T890-A9
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 M
OTHERBOARD
F
EATURES
A. Hardware
CPU
Supports AMD Socket 939.
Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64/ Athlon 64 X2 processor.
AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit
computing.
Supports HyperTransport Technology up to 2000MT/s Full
duplex.
Supports
AMD
Cool’n’Quiet
Technology.
Chipset
North Bridge: VIA K8T890.
South Bridge: VIA VT8237R.
Dimension
ATX Form Factor: 29.31cm (W) x 24.38cm (L)
Operating System Supporting
Supports Windows 98SE, Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows ME, Windows XP, Fedora, and UNIX series.
Slot
Three PCI bus master slots.
Two PCI-EX1 slots.
One PCI-EX16 slot.
One XGP slot (Xtreme Graphic Port). (See p.10 for detail
information)
Onboard Serial ATA
Integrated
in
VT8237R.
Two serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions.
Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports.
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Data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s.
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Compliant with SATA Version 1.0 specification.
