User`s guide

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Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1 Product Specifications
Processor
- Supports AMD Socket A Duron / Athlon / Athlon XP processors
- System Clock supports 200 / 266 / 333 / 400 MHz Front Side Bus
Chipset
- nVIDIA nForce2 IGP + nForce2 MCP
Main Memory
- Supports three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets up to 3GB
- Supports PC1600/DDR200, PC2100/DDR266, PC2700/DDR333 and
PC3200/DDR400 Dual-Channel DDR modules
To support Dual-Channel DDR400 please use an additional VGA card to
prevent the onboard VGA to share the system memory.
Expansion Slots
- One Universal - AGP slot for either 4X / 8X AGP
- Three 32 - bit PCI slots (v 2.2 compliant)
On-board Video Subsystem
- Integrated nVIDIA NV17-class (GeForce4 MX) GPU
- Embedded TV encoder supports NTSC/PAL TV
- 256-bit 3D/2D graphics accelerator
- Full frame rate video playback of HDTV and DVD content
- Shared system memory up to 128MB
6-Channel Audio Subsystem via AC-Link
- With external high quality CMedia9739A 6-Channels AC’97 Codec
- Complete software driver supports for Windows® OS
Ultra DMA 66/100/133 PCI IDE Controller
- Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices
- Supports PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi Mode 4 up to 66MBps, Multi Word
Mode 5 up to 100MBps and Multi Word Mode 6 up to 133MBps with bus
mastering
- Bus Mastering software drivers for all common multi-task operating systems
USB 2.0/1.0 Host Controller
- One EHCI USB 2.0 controller and 2 OHCI USB 1.1 controllers
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- Supports total six USB 2.0 Ports (USB 1.1 compatible)
- Supports USB 2.0 high-speed device @480 Mb/s transfer rates
On board Super I/O Controller
- ITE 8712 LPC I/O with system monitors hardware
- Two UARTs support serial ports and IR function (up to 115.2Kbps) for HPSIR and
ASKIR
- One SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port
- One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB
- Integrates smart card reader function and interface, to be qualified for meeting
PC/SC standard
Fast Ethernet/Home Networking Controller with MII Interface
- Supports 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet with external PHY.
Embedded System Monitoring
- 8 external voltage inputs
- 1 temperature sensor for CPU
- 1 Fan speed for CPU monitoring
Boot-Block Flash ROM
- Award system BIOS support PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI, & Multi-device booting
features
1-2 Package Contents
This product comes with the following components:
1. Motherboard x 1
2. I / O Panel x 1
3. 40-Pin UDMA-100 IDE Cable x 1
Blue
to motherboard,
Gray
to Master and
Black
to Slave.
4. 34-Pin floppy Disk Drive Cable x 1
5. Manual x 1
6. Driver CD x 1
Includes:
- VGA Drivers
- Audio drives and utility
- LAN Drivers
- USB 2.0 Drivers
- nVidia® Chipset Software installation utility.