ECS A740GM-M User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Thank you for choosing this motherboard. This motherboard is a high performance,
enhanced function motherboard that supports AMD Phenom

TM 

processor (socket

AM2+)/AMD Athlon

TM 

64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon

TM 

64/Sempron™ processors

 

for

high-end business or personal desktop markets.

The motherboard incorporates the AMD 740G (RS740) Northbridge (NB) and SB700
Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport

TM 

1.0 in-

terface

. 

It supports two DDR2 slots with maximum memory size of 16 GB. One PCI

Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI
Express Base Specification Revision 1.1.

The SB700 Southbridge supports two PCI slots which are PCI 2.3 compliant. In
addition, one PCI Express x1 slot is supported, fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification Revision 1.1. It integrates USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to
ten functional ports (four USB ports and three USB 2.0 headers support additional six
USB ports). One onboard IDE connector supports two IDE devices in Ultra ATA 133/
100/66/33 modes. The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host controller, support-
ing six SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s each.

There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, one serial port, one VGA port, one optional DVI port , four
USB ports, one LAN port  and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel
(optional) line-out.