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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates socket AM3 for AMD Phenom
TM
II processor/Athlon II/
Sempron processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 1.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a Socket AM3 that carries the following features:
SB700 (SB)
AMD 740G
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface,
fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.1
• Fully supports ACPI states S0, S1,S2, S3, S4, and S5
• Single chip solution in 80nm, 1.2 V CMOS technology
The AMD 740G Northbridge (NB) and SB700 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
Chipset
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports four Serial ATA devices which speeds up to
3.0 Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 10 (re-
quires use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities
across all 6 ports
Memory
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066 DDR SDRAM with dual-channel archi-
tecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only; you can refer to AMD
website to check your CPU.
Audio
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Exceeds Microsoft Windows Logo Program (WLP) Requirements
• ADCs support 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/192KHz sample rate
• Power Support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 5.0V