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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing C51GM-M motherboard of great performance and with enhanced
function. This motherboard is designed to fit the AMD AM2 processors in the 940-pin
package. Based on the Micro ATX form factor, measuring 244 mm x 224 mm, this
motherboard incorporates the following chipsets: C51PV/G Northbridge and MCP51/G
Southbridge chipsets.
The C51PV/G Northbridge features the HyperTransport Technology up to 1.0 GHz for a
total bandwidth of 8.0 GT/s. Two unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets support DDR2
800/667/533/400 with maximum 16 GB in total memory. One PCI Express x16 slot,
intended for Graphics interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.0a.
The MCP51/G Southbridge is a highly integrated media and communications processor
(MCP) with up to 1.0 GHz HyperTransport link interface. It supports two PCI slots which
are PCI 2.3 compliant. With the integrated SATA II controller onboard, this motherboard
supports two (up to four) drives up to 3.0 Gb/s per direction per channel. USB 2.0 Enhanced
Host Controller Interface (EHCI) provides up to 8 USB 2.0 ports. The MCP51/G supports
advanced system and power management features with integrated system power sequencing
support.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, LPT1, four USB ports at the rear I/O, one optional LAN port, one
optional 1394 port, one VGA port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out.