Setup guide

Introducing the Motherboard

Feature

• Accommodates AMD K7 CPUs

• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 333/266/200MHz

The motherboard uses a 462-pin socket that carries the following features:

Processor

The KM400 Northbridge (NB) and VT8237 Southbridge (SB) chipset are based on an

innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.

KM400(NB)

Chipset

VT8237(SB)

• Supports 66 MHz V-Link Host interface with total band-

width of 533 MB/s

• AGP v3.0 compliant with 8X transfer mode, supporting

533MHz 8X, 266 MHz 4X, and 133 MHz 2X transfer modes

for AD and SBA signaling

• Supports DDR333/266/200 (PC2700, PC2100 and PC1600

DDR SDRAM)

• Supports 16-bit 66 MHz V-Link Host interface with total

bandwidth of 1066 MB/s

• Compliant with PCI 2.2 specification at 33 MHz, supporting

up to 6 PCI masters

• Integrated Serial ATA Host Controllers, supporting data trans-

fer rates up to 1.5Gb/s

• Integrated Dual channel UltraDMA 133/100/66 Master Mode

EIDE Controller

• USB 2.0 Controller, supporting for 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• Network Controller, supporting enterprise class 10/100 Mb

Fast Ethernet MAC

• Integrated keyboard Controller with PS2 mouse support

• Supports DDR333/266/200 SDRAM

• Accommodates two unbuffered 2.5V 184-pin slots

• A total maximum capacity 2 GB

Memory

• 64/32/16MB frame buffer using system memory

• 128-bit 2D/3D graphics engine

• High quality DVD video playback

• Graphics engine clocks up to 133 MHz decoupled from memory clock

Graphics

• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

• 16-bit stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate

• Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 specification

• 3.3V digital, 5V analog power supply

Audio