ECS RS482-M User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates AMD Sempron/Athlon64/Athlon 64 FX processors
• Supports up to 2000MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface speeds
The RS482 Northbridge (NB) and SB400 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
RS482 (NB)
• 1 x2 (expandable to x4) A-Link Express interface (PCI Ex-
press 1.0a compliant) for connection to the ATI IXP
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface, fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision
1.0a.
• Full support for 3D primitive, Direct3D texture lighting, and
OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker
• Full DirectX 9.0 support (Vertex Shader version 2.0 and
Pixel Shader version 2.0)
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.
The RS482-M uses an 939-pin socket that carries the following features:
Processor
Chipset
SB400 (SB) • 2-lane A-Link Express interface (PCI Express 1.0a compli-
ant) to RADEON IGPs
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton, up to 7 bus master
devices supported
• Four Serial ATA devices supported, compliant with Serial
ATA 1.0 specification, RAID 0 and RAID 1 accommodated
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
modes
• DDR 400/333/266 DDR SDRAM with Dual Channel supported
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs, up to 2 GB maximum memory size
Memory
• Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification
• 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
• Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
Audio
1394a FireWire (Optional)
• Fully compliant with provisions of IEEE Std 1394-1995 for a high-perfor-
mance serial bus and IEEE Std 1394a-2000
• Two IEEE Std 1394a-2000 fully compliant cable ports at 400M bits/s

ECS RS482-M Specifications

General

Brand	ECS
Model	RS482-M
Category	Motherboard
Language	English