Chapter 1: Introduction - MATSONIC MS8157E User Manual

1: Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction
This mainboard has a Socket-A support for the AMD K7
processors. The Socket-A processor's front-side bus speed is
200/266MHz.
This mainboard has a KM266 chipset that supports a 4X AGP slot
for highly graphics display, 100/133 MHz DDR/SDR, and Ultra
DMA ATA100/133 function to provide outstanding high system
performance under all types of system operations. The mainboard
has the built-in AC97 Codec, a CNR (Communications and
Networking Riser) slot and a built-in 10BaseT/100BaseTX
Network Interface . This mainboard has the 128-bit 2D/3D AGP
Graphics Accelerator with 32MB frame buffer, supporting AGP
4X 266MHz mode up to 1GB/s bandwidth, which provides a direct
connection between the graphics sub -system and memory so that
the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other
devices on the PCI bus. There is a full set of I/O ports including
two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one VGA
port, one parallel port and six USB ports ( USB2.0)– four back-
panel ports and onboard USB header USB3 providing two extra
ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard.
This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a powerful
multimedia workstation that is network ready. The board is ATX
size and has power connectors for an ATX power supply.
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