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Chapter 1
Introduction of the Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The motherboard series are designed for the new generation AMD processor family
guaranteed both of the performance and stability of general purpose IPC and dedicated IPC
platform solutions. The MCP78S chipset is fully optimized to provide the variety IPC
platform solutions by featuring the high compatibilities and cost-effective, low power
consumption, high performance, and superior core graphics engine.
The motherboard AMD Socket AM2+ Quad core Opteron&Phenom, with low power
consumption never denies high performance. The embedded AMD Socket AM2+ Quad core
Opteron&Phenom family processor has evolved to meet the specific requirements of extended
temperature applications in telecommunications infrastructure (including wired, wireless, and
BSC/MSC), single board computing, automotive and transportation systems and industrial
control and monitoring.
The motherboard series support HT3.0 and
DDRII 400/533/667/800 system RAM Modules
which is expandable to 2.0GB.
The motherboard offers ULTRA
ATA 133
HDD connectors
and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0 ,1, 5,10
，
JBOD
functions which support up to IDE and four
Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without
failure in advanced computing performance.
The motherboard provide two Gigabit Ethernet
LAN for internet or intranet connections, one is PCI-E LAN, the other one is PHY LAN
（
optional
）
. The motherboard series are also integrated Realtek ALC883 8channel Audio
CODEC on system which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
®
that gives you the best
sound quality and compatibility.
Embedded 10 USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s data transfer rate, these
motherboards meet USB2.0 demands data transport demands which are also equipped with