Setup guide

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
The SiS761GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS964 Southbridge (SB) chipset are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
SiS761GX(NB)
• SiS MuTIOL is incorporated to connect SiS761GX and
SiS964 MuTIOL Media IO
• Supports HyperTransport Technology up to 1600MT/s
bandwidth
• Integrated Host-to-PCI Express Bridge, compliant with 16X/
PCI Express sepc. 1.0a
• Supports up to 128MB display memory with shared memory
• High Performance & High quality 3D Graphics Accelerator
Memory
• Supports DDR400/333/266/200 DDR SDRAM DIMMs
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 1GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 2 GB
AC’97 Audio CODEC
Chipset
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 avail-
able interconnect technologies.
SiS964 (SB)
• Concurrent servicing of all DMA Devices: Dual IDE Control-
lers, SATA controller, three USB 2.0/1.1 host controller,
LAN MAC Controller and Audio/Modem DMA Controller
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton supporting up to 6 PCI
masters
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification, supports power
saving mode
• Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 supporting 6 Channels of audio
outputs
• Integrated USB 2.0 Controller with three root hubs and eight
function ports
This motherboard uses a 754-pin socket that carries the following features:
• Accommodates AMD Sempron/Athlon 64 processors
• Supports up to 1600 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface speeds
Graphics
• Built-in 32-bit floating point format VLIW triangle setup engine
• Built-in an 1T pipelined 128-bit BITBLT graphics engine
• Built-in Direct Draw & GDI+ Accelerator
• Supports up to 2048 x 2048 texture size
• Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 specification
• 20-bit stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling
rate
• Dual power support: Digital: 5V/3.3V Analog: 5V
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