Setup guide

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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing this motherboard. This motherboard is a high performance, en-
hanced function motherboard that supports Socket 754 AMD Sempron/Athlon 64 proces-
sors for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the SiS761GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS964 Southbridge
(SB) chipsets. The SiS761GX Northbridge on this motherboard features the HyperTranport
TM
complaint bus driver technology to support AMD Sempron/Athlon 64 processors up to
1600MT/s data rate. The Northbridge supports integrated Host-to-PCI Express Bridge,
compliant with PCI Express spec.1.0a. Plus, SiS MuTIOL, a high bandwidth and mature
technology, is incorporated to connect SiS761GX and SiS964 MuTIOL Media IO together.
The SiS964 Southbridge on this motherboard supports Hi-Precision Event Timer (HPET)
for Microsoft Windows with multiple DMA bus architecture that supports isochronous
request and continuous packet transmission. It implements an EHCI compliant interface
that provides 480Mb/s bandwidth for eight USB 2.0 ports, integrates AC’97 v2.3 compliant
audio controller that features a 6-channel audio speaker out and HSP v.90 modem support.
The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host controller that is SATA v1.0 compliant, and
supports 1.5Gb/s bandwidth for each serial port. It provides dual independent IDE channels
and each of them support PIO mode 0,1,2,3,4 and multiword DMA mode 0,1,2 and UltraDMA
133/100/66.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT, one VGA port and four USB ports, one optional LAN
port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out. This motherboard is designed in
a Micro ATX form factor using a four-layer printed circuit board and measures 244 mm x
204 mm.