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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Currently, the memory maximum size we have tested is 16 GB.
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Thank you for choosing the A880GM-M6 motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports socket for
AMD
Phenom
TM
II processor (socket AM3) for high-end business or personal desktop
markets.
The motherboard incorporates the AMD 880G Northbridge (NB) and SB710
Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport
TM 3.0 in-
terface. The memory controller supports DDR3 memory DIMM frequencies of
1600 (OC)/1333/1066. It supports four DDR3 slots with maximum memory size of
32 GB
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. One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, are fully compli-
ant to the PCI Express Gen2 (version 2.0). In addition, two PCI Express x1 slots are
supported.
The SB710 Southbridge supports one PCI slot which is PCI v2.3 compliant. It
integrates USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to twelve functional ports (six USB ports
and three USB 2.0 headers support additional six USB ports).
One onboard IDE
connector supports two IDE devices in Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 modes. The
Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host controller, supporting six SATA ports with
maximum transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s each. It provides AMD SATA RAID configura-
tion with RAID 0, 1 and 10 modes supported.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including one DVI port,
one VGA port,
one HDMI port, one 1394A port, two eSATA ports, six USB ports,
one optical SPDIFO port, one LAN port and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and
8-ch line-out.