abit ax8 rev 1 User Manual

Introduction 

1-1 

Chapter 1.  Introduction 

1-1.  Features & Specifications

1. CPU 

•  Supports AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64/64FX Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper 

Transport

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•  Supports AMD K8 CPU Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology 

2. Chipset 

•  VIA K8T890 + VT8237 

3.  CPU Integrated Dual Channel Memory Controller 

•  Four 184-pin DIMM slots (Un-buffered, Non-ECC DIMM) 
•  Supports 2 DIMM Single Channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max. 2GB) 
•  Supports 4 DIMM Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max. 4GB) 

4.  PCI Express X16 Graphics 

•  PCI Express X16 graphics delivers up to 8GB/s bandwidth 

5. SATA RAID 

•  Supports SATA RAID 0/1 (Connectors SATA1~SATA2) 

6.  Second SATA RAID 

(AX8-3

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•  Supports SATA RAID 0/1 (Connectors SATA3~SATA4) 
•  Supports SATA RAID 0/1/0+1 (Connectors SATA1~SATA4) 
•  Supports RAID 0/1/JBOD (Connector IDE3) 
•  Supports RAID JBOD (Connectors SATA1~SATA4 and IDE3) 

7. Gigabit 

LAN 

•  Onboard Gigabit PCI Ethernet Controller 

8. IEEE 

1394 

•  Supports IEEE 1394 at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate (AX8-3

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 Eye/AX8) 

9. Audio 

•  Onboard 5.1-channel Audio CODEC 
•  Optical S/PDIF Input/Output (AX8-3

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 Eye/AX8) 

10. ABIT Engineered 

•  ABIT µGuru

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•  ABIT GuruClock

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 Technology (AX8-3

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•  ABIT CPU ThermalGuard

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