ECS Motherboard 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
64X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM
64/Sempron™ processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a socket AM2+/AM2 that carries the following features:
SB700 (SB)
AMD 780V
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• PCI Express
®
Generation 2.0
• Proven Radeon
TM
graphics enabling DirectX
®
10
• Single chip solution in 55nm, 1.1 V CMOS technology
• Integrated ATI Hybrid Graphics, ATI Avivo
TM
HD
1
, ATI
PowerPlay
TM
, Low Power Design, AMD Cool’n’Quiet
TM
2.0, ATI SurroundView
TM
and AMD RAIDXpert
TM
The AMD 780V Northbridge (NB) and SB700 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based
on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
Chipset
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports six Serial ATA devices which speeds up to 3.0
Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
Memory
• 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*
Onboard LAN (optional)
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Base-T Transceiver
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps IEEE 802.3 compliant
• IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation
• Integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Transceiver
• Integrated IEEE802.3z compliant
• IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation

ECS Motherboard Specifications

General

Brand	ECS
Model	Motherboard
Category	Motherboard
Language	English