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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
This motherboard is based on the Intel® 82440BX/ZX/VIA®VT82C693 chipset.
The chipset is a highly integrated solution for a cost-effective and compact
motherboard. The motherboard supports SDRAM, Registered SDRAM. Features
on-board include super-I/O, Ultra DMA33/66(DMA66 only for VT82C596B) PCI
bus master IDE, AGP Ver. 1.0, PCI Ver 2.1 compliance, USB, VRM 8.4 compliance,
ECC (only for 440BX/VIA®VT82C693), Micro ATX specification 1.0 compliance ,
On-board PCI Sound Sub-system (optional).
Key Features
Processor
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Full support for the Mendocino
PPGA processors using PGA370 Socket.
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Supports 66MHz and 100MHz bus speed including 300MHz to 533MHz
Mendocino PPGA processor and future PPGA processor.
CPU Speed Jumperless
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Jumper setting or no jumper is needed to set for various speed of CPU
(Factory optional).
VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board
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Flexible motherboard design with on-board VRM 8.4, easy to upgrade
with Intel’s® Future Overdrive® processors.
Cache
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Processor built-in L2 cache.
System Memory
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A total of two 168-pin DIMM sockets.
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Up to 256MB (SDRAM) or 512MB (Registered SDRAM).
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Supports SDRAM (only for 66MHz Bus speed).
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Supports PC-100, Registered SDRAM (for 100MHz Bus speed).
Memory Organization
Two 168-pin DIMM Socket
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Supports single-density DIMMs of 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB and 16MB depth
(x64 or 72).
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Supports double-density DIMMs of 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB and 32MB
depth (x64 or 72).
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Supports error checking correction (ECC) using parity DRAM modules.
(only for440BX/VIA® VT82C693).
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Banks of different DRAM types depths can be mixed.
Expansion Slots
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1 AGP slot (ver. 1.0, 1x/2x mode supported).
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3 PCI bus master slots (ver. 2.1 compliant, with 1 PCI slot sharing with
1 ISA slot).
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1 ISA slot (1 ISA slot sharing with 1 PCI slot).
On-Board I/O
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Two PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to 4 ATA2, Ultra DMA 33/66 (DMA66
only for VT82C596B) IDE HDDs, CD-Roms, ZIP devices and LS-120
Hardware Setup
