Introduction
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1-2 Mainboard Features
Brief Introduction
Athlon
TM
Processor
The AMD Athlon
TM
is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated
L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a
large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies.
For more information about all the new features Athlon
TM
Processor deliver, check out
the AMD website at http://www.amd.com
Chipset
The board is designed with VIA chipset, KT880 as North Bridge and VT8237 as
South Bridge, providing a feature rich and scalable platform.
The North Bridge connects to the South Bridge through the fast Ultra V-Link
connection at 1.06GB/s. With support for two Serial ATA channels at 150MB/s
bandwidth, integrated RAID (0, 1 & JBOD) capability as well as up to eight USB
2.0 ports, the VT8237 offers the highest possible peripheral performance for
professional users. Additional features include a VIA MAC for 10/100Mbps Fast
Ethernet, integrated PCI support.
For more details about the VIA chipset features, please visit the VIA Web site at
http://www.via.com.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The AGP slot on the board is compliant with the new AGP 3.0 specification. This
new specification enhances the functionality of the original AGP specification
by allowing 8X data transfers ( 8 data samples per clock) resulting in maximum
bandwidth of 2.1GB/s. Only 1.5V AGP cards are supported.
Ultra ATA100/133
The mainboard provides an Ultra ATA100/133 Bus Master IDE controller. This
controller supports Ultra ATA100/133 protocols which are ideal to support
demanding applications such as real-time video, multimedia, and a high perfor-
mance operating system. A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA100/133.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system
operation and status. This includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
