Datasheet

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Motherboard User’s Guide
Chipset
The AMD RS780L Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipset are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and per-
formance.
• One x 4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1 compliant) for con-
nection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface, fully compliant to
the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.1
• Fully supports ACPI states S0, S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5
• Single chip solution in 80nm, 1.2 V CMOS technology
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Supports four Serial ATA devices which speeds up to 3.0Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight USB 2.0
ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1 and RAID10 (requires use of 4 or
more SATA ports) functionalities across all 4 ports
Expansion Slots
• One PCI Express x16 slot
• One PCI Express x 1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 complianat slots
Memory Support
• DDR3 1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-
channel supported
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets support up to 8 GB
Onboard IDE channels
• One IDE Connector
• Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct
MemoryAccess) modes
• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66MB/sec
Serial ATA
• Four Serial ATA Connectors
• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~3.0 Gb/s) with scalability to higher
rates
• Low pin count for both host and devices