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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the NFORCE6M-A motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64
FX/Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon 64/Sempron CPUs for high-end business or personal
desktop markets.
This motherboard is based on NVIDIA
®
ΜCP65S/MCP61D media and communications
processor (MCP) for best desktop platform solution. ΜCP65S/MCP61D is a single-chip,
highly integrated, high performance HyperTransport peripheral controller, unmatched by
any other single chip-device controller. This motherboard supports up to 32 GB of system
memory with DDR2 800/667/533/400. It supports high resolution graphics via an PCI
Express x16 slot, and it also integrates native Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller, USB 2.0,
and Serial ATA host controller with maximum transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, COM1, four USB ports, one optional LAN port, one optional ESATA
port and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out.