User`s guide

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller: Independent DMA

operation and Data Transfer Rate up to 1.5Gb/s(150MB/s)

Memory Support

• Four 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory

modules

• Supports DDR400 memory bus

• Maximum installed memory is 4GB

Expansion Slots

• One CNR slot

• One 8x/4x AGP slot

• Five 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.3-compliant bus interface

Onboard IDE channels

• Two IDE Connectors

• Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA

(Direct Memory Access) modes

• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates

of 33/66/100 MB/sec

Serial ATA

• Two Serial ATA Connectors

• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with

scalability to higher rates

• Low pin count for both host and devices

AC’97 Codec

• 6-CH hardware architecture allows multi-channel south

bridge to playback 6CH audio

• Intel

AC’97 (REV. 2.3) compatible, meeting Microsoft

PC2001 requirements

• Built-in earphone buffer and internal PLL, the latter saving

additional crystal

• Line-in/rear out share the same jack; Center/bass share the

MIC jack