Feature - ECS A760GM-M3 User Manual

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Feature

Processor
This motherboard uses a socket AM2+/AM2 that carries the following features:
• Accommodates AMD Phenom
AMD 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 TDP only.
Chipset
The AMD 760G Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based
on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
760G
(NB)
SB710
(SB)
Memory
• Supports DDR2 1066 (AM2+)/800/667/533 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual-
channel architecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB*
TM
processor (socket AM2+)
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM (HT) 3.0 interface speeds
TM
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 Gen 2 (version 2.0)
TM
• Proven Radeon graphics powering DirectX
• Enhanced Digital Display integration
• Fully ACPI 2.0, OnNow, and IAPC (Instantly Available
PC) power management
• Single chip solution in 55nm, 1.1 V CMOS technology
TM
• Integrated ATI Avivo
Cool'n'Quiet TM 2.0, ATI SurroundView
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 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 eight
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID 0 and RAID 1 functionalities
across all 6 ports.
Introducing the Motherboard
TM
64/Sempron™ processors
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