Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction - ECS A780GM-A Manual

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Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the A780GM-A motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports socket for AMD Phenom TM
II/Phenom™ processor (socket AM2+)/Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon™ 64/
Sempron™ processors for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the AMD 780G Northbridge (NB) and SB700
Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport TM 3.0 in-
terface. It supports four 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 Generation 2.0 (version 2.0).
The SB700 Southbridge supports three PCI slots which are PCI 2.3 compliant. It
integrates USB 2.0 interface. One onboard IDE connector supports two IDE devices
in Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 modes. The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host
controller, supporting five SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s
each.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, one VGA port, one HDMI port, six USB ports, one eSATA
port, one LAN port and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch line-out.
Introducing the Motherboard