Mainboard PM73V
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the PM73V Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA
®
GeForce 7050
& nForce 610i single chipset. The mainboard supports the Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad/ Core
TM
2 Duo/
Pentium
®
D/ Pentium
®
4/ Celeron
®
D Processor with FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies of 1333
MHz (by overclocking)/ 1066 MHz/ 800 MHz.
The PM73V provides two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets which allowing you to
install 240-pin, unbuffered non-ECC, DDRII 800 (by overclocking)/ DDRII 667/ DDRII 533
SDRAMs. It also allows you installing a total memory capacity of 4 GB.
This mainboard provides one PCI-E x16 interface slot up to x16 mode and one PCI-E x1
interface slot up to x1 mode can be supported individually. It is recommended that you can
insert a graphics card onto the PCI-E x16 slot, and an expansion card which the interface is
capable for PCI-E x1 specification. In addition, two standard PCI slots for use with standard PCI
expansion cards are also allowed.
The PM73V provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB/ 720KB/
1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB drive. It also has one IDE connector for hard drives supporting two
Ultra ATA 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 data rates and also support
RAID 0/ 1 mode
<See Appendix II>
.
The onboard High Definition Audio CODEC (ALC662) supports high quality performance
6-channel audio play
<See Appendix I>
. The mainboard also supports the Sony/Philips Digital
Interfaces (S/PDIF) output function
(optional)
.
The PM73V also comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps LAN PHY. There is one LAN port on the
back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an internet cable.
In addition, there are maximal eight 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.
