Abit AW8 - Chapter 1. Introduction; Features & Specifications

Introduction 1-1
Chapter 1. Introduction
1-1. Features & Specifications
1. CPU
• Designed for Intel
®
Pentium 4 / Pentium D LGA775 processors with 1066/800 MHz FSB
• Supports Intel
®
Hyper-Threading / XD-bit / EM64T / EIST Technology
2. Chipset
• Intel
®
955X / Intel
®
ICH7R Express Chipset
3. Memory
• Four 240-pin DIMM slots (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM)
• Supports Dual channel DDR2 667/533 (Max. 8GB)
4. PCI-E x16 Graphic
• Delivers up to 8GB/s per direction for 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP8X
5. ABIT Engineered
• ABIT uGuru
™
2005 Technology (ABIT OC Guru / ABIT EQ / ABIT Flash Menu / ABIT
Black Box)
• ABIT CPU ThermalGuard
™
Technology
• ABIT AudioMAX HD 7.1 Technology
6. SATAII 3G RAID
• Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0/1/5/10
• Supports SATA AHCI, providing native command queuing and native hot plug
7. 2
nd
PCIE SATAII 3G
• OnBoard Silicon Image PCIE SATAII 3G RAID controller (For model AW8-MAX only)
8. Dual PCI-E Gigabit LAN
• OnBoard Dual PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller supports 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (For
model AW8-MAX only)
9. IEEE 1394b
• Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394b at 800 Mb/s transfer rate and 1 port 1394a (For model
AW8-MAX only)
10. Audio
• ABIT AudioMAX HD 7.1-channel Intel
®
High Definition Audio with Dolby Master Studio
• Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out
11. Internal I/O Connectors
• 1x PCI Express x16 slot
• 2x PCI-E x1 slots
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