Hardware Installation; Overview - American Megatrends MegaDual User Manual

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Hardware Installation

Overview

The American Megatrends MegaDual Pentium II/III features include:
support for two Intel Pentium II/Pentium III CPUs
support for all Pentium II/Pentium III frequencies
up to 4 GB of onboard ECC SDRAM system memory
system memory parity checking or ECC (Error Checking and Correction)
PCI local bus throughput of 132 MB/s for 32-bit at 33 MHz, and 512MB/s for 64-bit at
66 MHz
onboard dual channel 160M SCSI controller
the ASM server management software
four 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI expansion slots
two 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI expansion slots
an AGP PRO 4x connector
10/100 MB onboard LAN
Warning – Danger of Battery Shorting
In PCI Slot #4 (J11), some adapter cards with larger Ground brackets may short
out the battery. This is not a problem with most PCI adapter cards. If there is a
problem with the PCI adapter card, the battery may drain and a CMOS error may
occur. Please make sure that the bracket mounting screws do not touch the
battery terminal when inserting PCI adapter cards in PCI Slot #4 (J11). If the
screws touch the battery terminal, install the PCI adapter card in a different
PCI Slot.
CPUs This motherboard supports all Intel Slot1 CPUs. CPU speed can be set in the AMIBIOS
setup.
Note: Boxed CPUs come with pre-set clock speed ratios. For these CPUs, there is no BIOS
option to configure CPU speed.
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
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