Introduction
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Chapter 1.
Introduction
The Pro266 Master (MS-6366) ATX mainboard is a high-performance
computer mainboard based on Apollo Pro266 chipset and designed for the
Intel
®
Celeron
TM
or Pentium !!! (FC-PGA) processor for inexpensive busi-
ness/personal desktop markets.
The Apollo Pro266 chipset consists of the VT8633 V-Link DDR Host
system controller and the VT8233 highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC
controller. The VT8633 provides superior performance between the CPU,
DRAM, AGP bus and V-Link interface with pipelined, burst, and concurrent
operation and supports eight banks of SDR/DDR SDRAMs up to 4 GB and
full AGP v2.0 capability including 2x and 4x mode transfers, SBA (SideBand
Addressing), Flush/Fence commands, and pipelined grants.
The VIA
®
VT8233 South Bridge enhances the functionality of the
standard ISA peripherals and supports delayed transactions and remote
power management so that slower ISA peripherals do not block the traffic of
the PCI bus. In addition, the VT8233 includes eight levels (doublewords) of
line buffers from the PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall
system performance.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Mainboard Specifications
1-2
Mainboard Layout
1-4
Quick Components Guide
1-5
Key Features
1-6
MSI Special Features
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