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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the KM400-M2 motherboard. This motherboard is a high perfor-
mance, enhanced function motherboard that supports Socket 462 AMD processors with a
333/266/200MHz CPU front side bus.
The motherboard incorporates the VIA KM400 Northbridge (NB) and VT8237 Southbridge
(SB) chipsets. The KM400 Northbridge on this motherboard provides superior perfor-
mance between the CPU, DRAM, V-Link bus and internal AGP 8X graphics controller bus
with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation. The KM400 Northbridge supports four
banks of DDR Synchronous DRAMs up to 2 GB for unbuffered module, it also supports full
AGP v3.0 with 2X, 4X, and 8X mode transfers. Plus, the KM400 Northbridge integrates a
128-bit graphics accelerator into the chip.
The VT8237 Southbridge on this motherboard is a high integration, high performance,
power-efficient and high compatibility device that includes standard intelligent peripheral
controllers: Serial ATA dual channel controller with RAID capability, master mode en-
hanced IDE controller with increased reliability using UltraDMA-133/100/66 transfer pro-
tocols, IEEE 802.3 compliant 10/100Mbps PCI bus master Ethernet MAC with standard
MII interface to external PHY ceiver, Universal Serial Bus controller with four root hubs
and eight function ports,
AC-link interface for AC’97 audio CODEC and modem CODEC.
The VT8237 Southbridge also supports concurrent PCI Bus controller which is compliant
with the PCI 2.2 specification.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT1,VGA port and four USB ports, one optional LAN port,
and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out. This motherboard is designed in a
Micro ATX form factor using a four-layer printed circuit board and measures 244 mm x 221
mm. In addition to its excellent performance, the motherboard features a host of high-
definition digital media technologies.