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Chapter 1
Introduction of NF18GF Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The NF18GF motherboard is design for use AMD Athlon/Duron/Athlon XP 200MHz/
266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus Frequency CPU, which utilize the
Socket-A design.
NF18GF motherboard use the newest nVIDIA nForce2 IGP north bridge chipset, integrated
GeForce4 MX series Graphics Processing Unit and TV encoder. Support DDR 266/333
with internal graphic core. NF18GF whose 266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front
Side Bus frequency and 333MHz memory interface delivers a clear upgrade path to the
future generation of 266MHz/333MHz processors and DDR266/DDR333 DDR SDRAM.
The motherboard provided two 184-pin DDR DIMMs support PC2700/PC2100 DDR
SDRAMs maximum size up to 2GB. Supports both 64-bit and 128-bit (Dual Channel) DDR
SDRAM. For those wanting even greater graphic performance, an AGP 4X/8X slot is
included on the board. Compliant with AGP 3.0 8x interface at 533MHz.
The NF18GF motherboard use nVIDIA nForce2 MCP2-T south bridge offers ULTRA ATA
66/100/133 to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance.
These motherboards also have an Audio Processing Unit Support 6-channel speaker for full
surround sound effects. The motherboard provided SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out optical function
through Audio-bracket (optional) can connect to SPDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interface)
Speaker for audio transmission with better quality. Or use SPDIF-In received digital signal
from other SPDIF device.
The motherboard including PCI LAN Controller chip support 10/100 Mb/sec Base transfer
rate for network. The NF18GF including the 1394 PCI controller provided 100M/200M/
400Mb bandwidth support two 1394 device port, which compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000
standard. With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB function ports
support USB2.0/USB1.1 Devices, the NF18GF meet future USB demand.
A special design in hardware for protecting Athlon XP CPU from burned, the system will
auto shutdown power supply when CPU is overheat, or the CPU FAN is stop. The
motherboard has built-in hardware monitor function. This will monitor and protect your
computer.
In NF18GF we design in CPU Vcore Voltage, DDR memory 2.5V Voltage, AGP 1.5V
Voltage those can minor adjustable in BIOS setup. This design can let users approach
over clock demand and also can make system more stable. The NF18GF motherboard
provides special function in BIOS Setup to setting CPU Host clock let users to approach
over clocking, and special design in hardware to protect BIOS from virus crash BIOS data.
NF18GF provides high performance & meets future specification demand. It is really wise
choice for your computer.