ECS A770M-A, Manual

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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 processor (socket AM2+)
AMD Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM
64/Sempron
TM
processors
• Supports HyperTransport TM (HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a socket AM2+/AM2 that carries the following features:
Audio
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
• 7.1+2 channel High Definition Audio Codec
• All DACs Support 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz DAC sample rate
• Software selectable 2.5V/3.75V VREFOUT
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.x audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
SB600 (SB)
AMD 770
(NB) • One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.0a
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface,
fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 2.0
• Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4, and S5
• Single chip solution in 65nm, 1.1V CMOS technology
The AMD 770 Northbridge (NB) and SB600 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based
on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
Chipset
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports four Serial ATA devices, compliant with Serial
ATA 1.0a specification 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 DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel ar-
chitecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 32 GB
Memory
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only