ECS K7S6A - Features

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Processor
The K7S6A mainboard uses an AMD 462-pin
Socket A that has the following features:
• Supports 100/133 MHz frontside bus (FSB)
• Accommodates AMD Athlon/Duron processors
Chipset
The SiS745 Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets
are based on an innovative and scalable architec-
ture with proven reliability and performance. A few
of the chipset’s advanced features are:
• A low 2.5-volt DDR266 SDRAM power con-
sumption which makes it an excellent solution
for notebooks and desktops with a small foot-
print
• Support for a 4xAGP interface providing vivid
3D graphics and video performance
• An ATA 100 interface on the chipset, which
helps boost system performance by providing
a high-speed connection to ATA 100 Hard
Disk Drives, delivering maximum sustained
data transfer rates of 100 MB/sec
• Built-in multithreaded I/O link used to enhance
performance, providing enough I/O bandwidth
for throughput up to 1.2 GB/s
Additional key features include support for six
USB ports, an AC 97 link for audio and modem,
hardware monitoring, and ACPI/OnNow power
management.
Memory
The mainboard supports DDR SDRAM. It ac-
commodates three unbuffered 2.5V 184 pin slots.
Each slot can support up to 512 MB with a total
maximum capacity of 1.0 GB (2 unbuffered
DDR333 DIMM) or 1.5GB (3 unbuffered
DDR266/DDR200 DIMM).
VGA
The K7S6A includes a 4xAGP slot that provides
four times the bandwidth of the original AGP
specification. AGP technology provides a direct
connection between the graphics sub-system and
the processor so that the graphics do not have to
compete for processor time with other devices on
the PCI bus.