User Guide

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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design
ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.4x21.0cm
Chipset
VIA K8T890 North Bridge Chipset
VIA VT8237 South Bridge Chipset
CPU Socket 754
Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 754-Pin package utilizes Flip-
Chip Pin Grid Array package processor
Support CPU Frequency 800MHz
Support up to 3800+ processor
Reserves support for future AMD Athlon64 754-pin processors
Memory Socket
184-pin DDR Module socket x 2
Support 2pcs DDR266/DDR33/DDR400 DDR Modules
Expandable to 2.0GB
Expansion Slot
PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs delivers up to 8GB/s concurrent
bandwidth
PCI-Express x1 slot 2pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent
bandwidth
32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA RAID
Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that
deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s; Two Serial ATA
ports provide 150 MB/sec data transfer rate for two Serial ATA
Devices and offer RAID 0, 1 functions
Giga-LAN
(for 754EXP-G)
Integrated RealTek RT8110S PCI-Giga LAN chip
Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb/
1Gb /s data transfer rate
10M/100M LAN
(for 754EXP-P only)
Integrated RealTek RT8100C PCI LAN chip
Supports 10/100 Mb/s data transfer rate
6CH-Audio
AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
6-channel AC’97 Audio CODEC on board
Audio driver and utility included
BIOS
Award 4MB Flash ROM
Multi I/O
PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
Floppy disk drive connector x1
Parallel port x1
Serial port x2
USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting cable option)
Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 6CH Audio)