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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
The NVIDIA® CrushK8-04 (CK8-04) is a single-chip with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
• HyperTransport x16 up and down links at up to 1.0 GHz to the AMD Sempron/
Athlon
64/Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2 processors
• PCI 2.3 interface, supporting up to five PCI slots
• Two separate SATA controllers with integrated PHYs, each supporting two
drives in master mode
• IEEE 802.3 NVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T/100BASE-T/10BASE-T
• USB 2.0 EHCI and USB 1.1 OHCI, supporting up to ten ports
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
• AC’97 2.3 interface, supporting S/PDIF pass-through function and standard,
enhanced audio functionality
• Supports Gigabit/Fast Ethernet/Ethernet
Memory
• Dual-channel DDR memory architecture
• 4 x 184-pin, DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets support up to 4 GB
• Support DDR400/333/266/200 unbuffered DDR SDRAM
AC’97 Audio CODEC
Chipset
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 avail-
able interconnect technologies.
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66
MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• Three 32-bit PCI slots
• Two IDE headers which support four IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
This motherboard uses a 939-pin socket that carries the following features:
• Accommodates AMD Sempron/Athlon
64/Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2 proces-
sors
• Supports up to 2000 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface Speeds
• 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48MHz sampling rate
• Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specifications
• Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
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