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Motherboard User’s Guide

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a Socket-754 supporting the newest and advanced AMD

Athlon 64/Sempron with HyperTransport Technology processors, Front-Side

Bus (FSB) speeds up to 800 MHz and system bus to 1600 MT/s.

This motherboard integrates the VIA K8M800 Northbridge and VT8237

Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-performance and

mainstream desktop PCs, and the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth.

It implements Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is

compliant with UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 0.95.

It supports 6-channel AC’97 Audio Codec and provides one IDE Ultra DMA

133/100/66 channel. It has two 32-bit PCI slots, one 8X AGP slot, one CNR

(Communications and Networking Riser) slot, and supports the onboard

10BaseT/100BaseTX Network interface (optional). In addition, this

motherboard has a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and

keyboard, one serial port, one parallel port, one VGA port, one LAN port

(optional), four back-panel USB2.0 ports, and three audio jacks for microphone,

line-in and line-out. Onboard USB header(s) can provide extra ports by

connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard.

This motherboard is a Micro ATX size motherboard and has power connectors

for an ATX power supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

Socket-754 Processor Support

• Supports AMD Athlon 64/Sempron processors

• Supports Front-Side Bus 800 MHz

Note: HyperTransport 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.

Chipset

There are VIA K8M800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge in this chipset

in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability

and performance.

• Defines Highly Integrated Solutions for High-Performance Workstation

& PC Desktop Designs -- High-performance North Bridge with

HyperTransport interface to AMD™ K8 CPU plus AGP 8X external

bus to external Graphics Controller plus high-speed V-Link interface to

South Bridge

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