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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
The SiS761GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS965L Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
SiS761GX
(NB)
• SiS MuTIOL is incorporated to connect SiS761GX and
SiS965L MuTIOL Media I/O
• Supports HyperTransport TM Technology up to 2000 MT/s
bandwidth
• Integrated MuTIOL 1G to PCI Express x1 Bridge, compliant
with PCI Express spec.1.0a
• Supports up to 128 MB display memory with shared sys-
tem memory
• High Performance & High quality 3D/2D Graphics Accel-
erator
Chipset
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it en-
ables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than cur-
rently available interconnect technologies.
SiS965L
(SB)
• Integrated Multi-threaded I/O link Ensures Concurrency of
Upstream/down Stream Data Transfer with 1.2 GB/s Band-
width
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification supporting up to 6 PCI
masters
• Compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
• Supports Dual IDE Master/Slave Controller supports Ultra
DMA 133/100/66/33
• Integrated USB 2.0 Controller supporting up to eight ports
This motherboard uses socket AM2 that carries the following features:
Memory
• Supports DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel
achitecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs, with maximum memory size
up to 16 GB
Onboard LAN (optional)
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
• Accommodates AMD Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon 64/
Sempron processors
• Supports up to 2000 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface speeds
• Supports 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u fast Ethernet trans-
ceiver
• Integrated voltage regulator to allow operation from a single 3.3 V/
2.5V supply source
• Supports MII and 7-wire serial interface
• Supports low-power mode