Biostar T-Series
TForce4 U 775
User’s Manual
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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OTHERBOARD
F
EATURES
CPU
Supports LGA 775.
Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor and Celeron D.
Supports Dual Core CPU
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Supports Pentium D
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Supports Pentium EE
Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges:
533MT/s (133MHzCore Clock)
800MT/s (200MHzCore Clock)
1066MT/s (266MHzCore Clock)
Supports
Hyper-Threading
Technology
(HT).
Supports Execute Disable Bit Technology (XD).
Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST).
Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T).
Chipset
North Bridge: nForce4 SPP Ultra.
South Bridge: nForce 430 / nForce 410.
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Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility.
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Supports NVIDIA Firewall.(nForce 430 Only)
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Supports NVIDIA Secure Networking Processor. (nForce 430 Only)
Operating Systems
Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Note:
Does not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME.
Dimensions
ATX Form Factor: 30.48cm (L) x 24.38cm (W)
System Memory
Supports Dual Channel DDR.
Supports DDR2 533/667.
Maximum memory capacity is 4GB, supporting 4 DIMM sockets.
Super I/O
Chip: ITE IT8712F.
Environment Control initiatives,
H/W Monitor
Fan Speed Controller
ITE's "Smart Guardian" function
Serial ATA II
nForce 430 / nForce 410 supports SATA 2.0 specification, with data transfer
rates up to 3Gb/s.
AC’97 Audio Sound Codec
Chip: ALC850, supports 8 channels audio output.
IDE
2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO mode 0-4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master
mode.
10/100 LAN PHY
PHY: Realtek 8201CL / Marvell 88E3016(optional). Supports ACPI power
management.
Security
NVIDIA Firewall technology (nForce 430 Only)
Native firewall solution protects the PC from intruders by filtering
unauthorized traffic.
NVIDIA Active Armor (nForce 430 Only)
Enhances network security, and provides users with an environment both
fast and secure.
NVIDIA RAID Technology
RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application performance
RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance
Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller standards
RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest performance with fault
tolerance. (nForce 430 only)
RAID 5 offers smart data protection and optimal data access. (nForce 430 only)
Internal On-board Slots and Connectors
One PCI-Express x16 slot: PCI-Ex16-1.
Two PCI-Express x1 slots: PCI-Ex1_1 and PCI-Ex1_2 slots
One SPDIF-Out connector and one SPDIF-In (optional) connector
One CD-ROM audio-in connector.
Two Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 IDE connectors.
Four PCI slots.
Four SATA II ports. (nForce 410 comes with two SATA II Ports)
Back Panel I/O Connectors and Ports
1 Serial Port.
1 Printer Port.
1 RJ-45 LAN jack.
1 PS/2 Mouse Port.
1 PS/2 Keyboard Port.
4 USB 2.0 Ports.
6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities.
