Mainboard K8SLI-AM2
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the K8SLI-AM2 Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA
®
nForce4
SLI chipset. The mainboard supports the AMD Athlon
TM
64 FX/ Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/
Athlon
TM
64/ Sempron
TM
Processor with FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies of 1000 MHz (2000
MT/s).
The K8SLI-AM2 provides four DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets and which with
Dual Channel Technology supported. The sockets allow you to install 240-pin, non-ECC &
unbuffered DDR II 800 (PC2-6400)/ DDR II 667 (PC2-5300)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300)/ DDR II
400 (PC2-3200) SDRAM, and support a total memory capacity of 8GB.
This mainboard provides one PCI-E x16 slot for use with a graphics card. It also provides two
PCI-E x8 slots which can be used with two identical SLI-ready PCI-Express graphics cards,
enabling SLI Technology and significantly increasing graphics performance
<See Appendix III>
.
There is also one PCI-E x1 slot provided for use with a PCI-E x1 compatible expansion card.
Three standard PCI slots for use with standard PCI expansion cards are also allowed.
The K8SLI-AM2 provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB/ 720KB/
1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB drive. It also has two IDE connectors for hard drives supporting Ultra
ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33 IDE devices. In addition, the onboard Serial ATA II comes with four SATA
II connectors, which the interface can provide up to 3 Gb/s transmit speed and also support
RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 mode
<See Appendix II>
.
The onboard AC’ 97 Audio CODEC (ALC850) supports 8/6/4/2 channel audio play
<See
Appendix I>
. The mainboard also supports the Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF)
output/input function.
The K8SLI-AM2 also comes with an onboard 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN PHY. There is a
LAN port on the back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an internet cable.
In addition, there are maximal ten USB2.0/ 1.1 ports which can be set up on this mainboard.
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual are
for reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The company
will not assume any responsibility for any errors or mistakes within.
