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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
HyperTransport TM Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates AMD Phenom TM II processor (socket AM2+)/Phenom TM /
Athlon
TM
II/Athlon
TM
/Sempron
TM
processors
• Supports HyperTransport TM (HT) 1.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a Socket AM2+ that carries the following features:
SB710 (SB)
AMD 740G
(NB) • One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface,
fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.1
• Fully supports ACPI states S0, S1,S2, S3, S4, and S5
• Single chip solution in 80nm, 1.2 V CMOS technology
The AMD 740G Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
Chipset
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports six Serial ATA devices which speeds up to 3.0
Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to ten
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 10 (re-
quires use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities
across all 6 ports
Memory
• Supports DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel
architecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
This board supports CPU up to 95W (AM2+)/89W (AM3) TDP only.