User guide

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Chapter 1: Motherboard Information

CPU Sockets. Socket 462 (Socket A) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)

socket for the AMD Athlon XP 2200+/Athlon/Duron Processors, with

frequency of 2200+ or higher.

NorthBridge Controller. The SIS 740 NorthBridge controller

supports 266 Mhz front side bus.

DDR DIMM Sockets. These two 184-pin DIMM sockets support up

to 2GB using non-ECC PC2100/1600 DDR DIMMs

SDRAM DIMM Sockets. These two 168-pin DIMM sockets support

up to 2GB using non-ECC PC133/100 SDRAM DIMMs.

(Note: DDR and SDRAM memory cannot be used simultaneously)

IDE Connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors

support up to four Ultra DMA133/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE

devices. Both the primary(blue) and secondary(black) connectors

are slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.

ATX power connector. This standard 20-pin connector connects to

an ATX 12V power supply. The power supply must have at least 1A

on the +5V standby lead (+5VSB).

South bridge controller. The SIS 961B integrated peripheral

controller supports various I/O functions including, dual-channel

ATA133/100/66 bus master IDE controller, up to six USB 1.1 ports,

PS/2 keyboard and mouse port, LPC Super I/O interface, AC’97

interface,10/100Mb LAN and PCI 2.2 interface..

Floppy Disk connector. This connector connects the provided

ribbon cable for the floppy disk drive. One side of the connector is

slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable.

Onboard LED. This onboard LED lights up if there is a standby

power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off

the system power before plugging or unplugging devices.

COM2 connector. This 9-pin connector connects to COM2 port.

Flash ROM. This 2Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS

program.

Super I/O chipset. This interface provides the commonly used

Super I/O functionality. The chipset supports a high-performance

floppy disk controller for a 360K/720K/1.44M/2.88M floppy disk

drive, a multi-mode parallel port, a game port and a serial port.