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Introducing the Mainboard
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Thank you for choosing the K7S7AG mainboard. This mainboard has a
Socket-462 processor for the AMD K7 type of processors. You can install any
of these processors on the mainboard. This mainboard supports a system bus
speed of 333MHz.
With a measurement of 305 x 224 mm, this mainboard is built using the lead-
ing edge technology of SiS746 Northbridge along with SiS963 Southbridge
chipsets that supports built-in 6-channel speak-out AC97 Codec, 2 DDR400
(by overclocking) modules up to 2GB system memory.
It also supports the Xabre200 GPU, which integrates a 256-bit 3D/2D graphics
engines and motion compensation MPEG 1/MPEGII accelerator. In addition to
superior hardware capabilities, the mainboard has one CNR (Communications
and Networking Riser) slot to support Audio and Modem application, built-in
10BaseT/100Base TX Network Interface and an advanced full set of I/O ports
such as two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one VGA
port, one parallel port, one IEEE port and six USB ports (USB 2.0) – consist-
ing of four back-panel ports and onboard USB header USB3 providing two
extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard.
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Compare the mainboard’s package contents with the following checklist:
Standard Items
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One mainboard
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One diskette drive ribbon cable
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One IDE drive ribbon cable
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One auto-install software support CD
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This user’s manual