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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
• Accommodates Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad*/Core
TM
2 Duo/Pentium
®
D*/
Pentium
®
4*/Celeron
®
D processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s
hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on
separate “logical” processors within the same physical processor.
The motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad*/Core
TM
2 Duo/
Pentium
®
D*/Pentium
®
4*/Celeron
®
D that carries the following features:
• DDR
2 667/533 (Over spec up to 800*) DDR SDRAM with Single Chan-
nel supported
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 2 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 4 GB
Memory
Audio
• 6 Channels of DAC support 16/20/24-bit PCM Format for 5.1 Audio
Solution
• All ADCs support 48k/192k Independent Sample Rate
• Exceeds Microsoft PC2001 Requirement
• High Quality Differential CD input
• Power Support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 3.3V/5.0V
The NVIDIA
®
MCP73V is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• Supports 33-bit addressing for access to 8 GB of system memory
• PCI Express 16-lane link interface for external graphics processors
• PCI 2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• USB 2.0 ports supported
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
Chipset
1. “ * ” stands for this motherboard is ready to support Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad/ Pentium
®
D/Pentium
®
4 processor and over spec to sup-
port DDR2 800.
2. To reach DDR2 800, users please make sure that “System Clock
Mode” in “Frequency/Voltage Control” should be selected to “Un-
linked” manually since the Auto-run is DDR2 667.