PC Chips A15g - Chapter 1 Introduction; Key Features

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Motherboard User’s Guide
Chapter 1 Introduction
This motherboard has a socket AM2+/AM2 supporting the newest and advanced
AMD Phenom
TM
II/AMD Phenom
TM
/Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM
64/
Sempron
TM
CPUs with 2000 MT/s Hyper Transport
TM
(HT) interface Speeds.
This motherboard is based on NVIDIA
®
MCP61P/MCP61S that supports the
Serial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desktop PCs, and the
built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing USB 2.0 EHCI and
USB 1.1 OHCI. It supports High Definition Audio Codec and provides one IDE
Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 channel. It has one PCI Express x16 slot (MCP61S
only supports PCI Express x8), one PCI Express x1 slot and two 32-bit PCI slots.
There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard,
one parallel port, one serial port, VGA1, one LAN port, four back-panel USB2.0
ports, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out.
Onboard USB header(s) can provide extra ports by connecting the Extended USB
Module to the motherboard.
This motherboard is a Micro ATX size motherboard and has power connectors for
an ATX power supply.
Key Features
The key features of this motherboard include:
Socket-AM2+/AM2 Processor Support
• Supports socket AM2+/AM2 for AMD Phenom
TM
II/AMD Phenom
TM
/
Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM
64/Sempron
TM
processors
• Supports up to 2000 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
interface Speeds
Note: HyperTransport 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.
• 1 GHz HyperTransport x16 up and down links to the AM2+/AM2 CPUs
• PCI Express 16 lane link interface for external graphics processors
(MCP61S only supports PCI Express 8 lane link interface for
other peripherals)
• PCI 2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• USB 2.0 ports supported
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
Chipset
The NVIDIA
®
MCP61P/MCP61S is a single-chip with proven reliability and
performance.