Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction - ECS A740GM-M Manual

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Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the A740GM-M motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports AMD Phenom TM II pro-
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cessor (socket AM2+)/Phenom /Athlon II/Athlon /Sempron processors for
high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the AMD 740G (RS740) Northbridge (NB) and SB710
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Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport 1.0 in-
terface. It supports two DDR2 slots with maximum memory size of 8 GB. One PCI
Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI
Express Base Specification Revision 1.1.
The SB710 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. It provides AMD
SATA RAID configuration with RAID 0, 1 and 10 modes supported.
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.
Introducing the Motherboard