ECS A790GXM-AD3, 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
II processor (socket AM3)
• Supports HyperTransport TM (HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a socket AM3 that carries the following features:
Chipset
This board supports CPU up to 140W TDP only.
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports six Serial ATA devices which speeds up to
3.0 Gb/s
• Complies with SATA 2.5 specification
• Supports both SATA 1.5 and SATA 3.0 compliance
devices
• Supports AHCI hardware assist to support advanced
features such as NCQ ( Native Command Queuing),
Hot Plug, and Device or Host initiated power Man-
agement (DIIPM/HIPM)
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/
66/33 modes
• Provides AMD SATA RAID configuration with RAID 0,
1, 5, and 10 modes supported
AMD 790GX
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports two PCI Express x16 for Graphics Inter-
face, fully compliant to the PCI Express Gen 2 (ver-
sion 2.0)
• Proven Radeon
TM
graphics powering DirectX
®
10
• Enhanced Digital Display integration
• Fully ACPI 2.0, OnNow, and IAPC (Instantly Available
PC) power management
• Single chip solution in 55nm, 1.1 V CMOS technology
• Integrated ATI Hybrid Graphics, ATI Avivo
TM
HD
1
, ATI
HD 1TM , Low Power Design, AMD Cool'n'Quiet TM , ATI
SurroundView TM , AMD OverDrive and AMD
RAIDXpert
TM
The AMD 790GX Northbridge (NB) and SB750 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
SB750
(SB)