Features - ECS A740GM-M Manual

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Feature
Processor
This motherboard uses a Socket AM2+ that carries the following features:
• Accommodates AMD Phenom
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Athlon
• Supports HyperTransport
HyperTransport
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
This board supports CPU up to 95W (AM2+)/89W (AM3) TDP only.
Chipset
The AMD 740G Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
AMD 740G
(NB)
SB710 (SB)
Memory
• Supports DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel
architecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
TM II processor (socket AM2+)/Phenom
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II/Athlon /Sempron processors
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(HT) 1.0 interface speeds
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Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface,
fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.1
• Fully supports ACPI states S0, S1,S2, S3, S4, and S5
• Single chip solution in 80nm, 1.2 V CMOS technology
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports six Serial ATA devices which speeds up to 3.0
Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to ten
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 10 (re-
quires use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities
across all 6 ports
Introducing the Motherboard
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