ECS GF8100VM-M5 User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
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 available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates AMD Phenom
TM
processor (socket AM2+)
AMD Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual Core/Athlon
TM
64/Sempron
TM
processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses
a socket AM2+/AM2 that carries the following features:
The NVIDIA
®
GF8100 is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• HyperTransport 3.0 x16 up and down links to the AMD socket AM2+/
AM2 CPU
• PCI Express 16-lane link interface for external graphics processors
• PCI Express Generation 2.0 compatible
• Integrated NVIDIA GeForce
®
Series DirectX 10 Vertex Shader 4.0 graph-
ics processor
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Twelve USB 2.0 ports supported
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
• NVIDIA
®
MediaShield
TM
RAID with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
RAID 5, and JBOD
• Integrated Hybrid SLI technology, NVIDIA
®
UltraShadow
TM
technology,
full NVIDIA
®
nView
®
multi-display technology capability
Chipset
• Supports DDR2 1066 (AM2+)/800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual-
channel architecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB*
Memory
There are three Hybrid SLI modes for you to select: Save Power,
Boost Performance and Additional Displays.
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only.

ECS GF8100VM-M5 Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	4
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of SATA connectors	6
Controller interface type	NVIDIA MCP78V
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1708B
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	6.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS type	AMI
Maximum graphics card memory	512 MB
RAID levels	0, 1