Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction - ECS 661FX-M Deluxe Manual

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing 661FX-M Deluxe motherboard of great perfor-
mance and with enhanced function. 661FX-M Deluxe motherboard carries
a micro-ATX form factor of 244 x 230 mm. 661FX-M Deluxe supports
Socket 478 Pentium 4 processors with system data transfer rate up to 800
MHz and "Hyper-Threading" technology for high-end business or personal
desktop markets.
661FX-M Deluxe incorporates chipset of SiS661FX Northbridge and SiS964/
964L Southbridge.
SiS661FX contains a DRAM controller that supports up to two un-buffered
DIMM DDR400 and 32Mb, 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1Gb SDRAM
technology with page size from 2 KB up to 32 KB. Its AGP controller is
AGP 3.0 compliant and supports AGP 8X/4X interface with fast write trans-
action. It accommodates high throughput SiS MuTIOL 1G interconnecting
to SiS964/SiS964L MuTIOL 1G media I/O with bi-directional 16 bit data bus
to perform 1GB/s bandwidth in 133 MHz x 4 mode. Its high quality 3D
accelerator supports Ultra-AGPII TM up to 2.7GB/s bandwidth.
SiS964/964L supports Hi-Precision Event Timer (HPET) for Microsoft
Windows with multiple DMA bus architecture that supports isochroous re-
quest and continuous packet transmission. It implements an EHCI compli-
ant interface that provides 480Mb/s bandwidth for eight USB 2.0 ports,
integrates AC'97 v2.3 compliant audio controller that features a 6-channels
of audio speaker out and HSP v.90 modem support. The Southbridge inte-
grates a Serial ATA host controller that is SATA v1.0 compliant, supporting
Ultra DMA 150 (SiS964 only). SiS964/964L provide dual independent IDE
channels and each of them support PIO mode 0,1,2,3,4 and multiword DMA
mode 0,1,2 and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2
mouse and keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT1, VGA1, and four USB ports,
one optional LAN port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-
out. Additional I/O ports include two rear USB connectors and one rear RJ45
connector.
Featuring good stability and performance, and the advanced SiS chipset, the
661FX-M Deluxe is an excellent Pentium 4 DDR motherboard for the ideal
solution for any home or workstation PC.
Introducing the Motherboard
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