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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Preface
The motherboard is a 4 layer, Micro ATX form factor high performance PCI/AGP mainboard.
It includes VIA MVP3 system chipset, Winbond W83977EF Super I/O controller, Yamaha
YMF715E Sound Chip.
Features
Processor
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Intel Pentium/MMX, Cyrix 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX/M II, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-III and IDT
C6 CPU
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The mainboard can run with following speeds:
90
~
450MHz
Chipset
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VIA VT82C598MVP (PCI/AGP System Controller)
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VIA VT82C586B (PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller)
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Winbond W83977EF (Super I/O Controller)
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Yamaha YMF715E (Audio Drive Sound Controller)
Main Memory
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Memory configurations up to 256MB SDRAM/EDO.
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DIMM socket for SDRAM (3.3V unbuffered).
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Support both Synchronous DRAM and Extended Data Output (EDO) Mode DRAM
Modules.
Multi I/O
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On board Multi-I/O supports two serial, one parallel ports and floppy drive controller.
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Serial ports are 16550 Fast UART compatible.
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Parallel port has EPP and ECP capabilities.
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PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector is provided.
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IrDA supported.
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USB supported.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
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A.G.P. specification compliant
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A.G.P. 66/133MHz devices supported
PCI IDE
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On board supports PCI Master IDE Controller, two connectors support up to four IDE
devices such as HDD, CD ROM drive and Tape Back-up drives, etc.
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PCI Master IDE controller supports PIO Mode 3 and 4 devices, I/O data transfer rate can be
up to 16.6MB/s.
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Ultra DMA Mode supported. Transfer rate can be up to 33MB/s.
