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Chapter 1
Introduction of MCP78S Motherboards
1-1 Features of motherboard
The MCP78S chipset motherboard series are based on the latest MCP78S Chipset
which supports AM2 CPU under 125 W range ; AM2+ /AM3 CPU under 140W
range.With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a
highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. MCP78S
Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system
performance and professional desktop platform solution.
The MCP78S Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+ processors
with an integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII400/ DDRII533
/DDRII667 /DDRII800/DDR1066 DDRII Module up to 8GB. Moreover, the
motherboard provides also extra 1 Ultra ATA interface for one IDE device of 133 MB /
s data transfer rate and six serial ATA interface of 3 Gb / s data transfer rate.
The MCP78S motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with Mavell 8056
PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the
embedded Azalia 8-channel Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software
compatibility.
The MCP78S Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for
gamers. This high bandwidth architecture in the MCP78S chipset is with the flexibility
for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The MCP78S chipset provide 1
x16@16 lane PCI Express 2.0 slot to support simultaneous operation of graphics card
for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics. This
PCI-Express2.0 x16@16 deliver up to 8Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative
direction. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 512 Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5
times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding
multimedia tasks nowadays .The MCP78S motherboards also carry four 32-bit PCI
slots to guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0
functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these
motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware
monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your
non-stop business computing.
Some special features---
CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan /
DeBug Port /OC-CON/ DIY Clear / Power On Button/ Reset Button.
in this motherboard
are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways.
But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system
reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the
demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system
performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be
