Chapter 1 Introduction; Key Features - PCchips M863G Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has onboard AMD Athlon XP/Sempron processors with
front-side bus speed 333 MHz.
This motherboard has the SiS741GX Northbridge and SiS964L Southbridge
that supports the AC' 97 audio codec, the Ultra DMA 133/100/66 function, and
the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth. It implements Universal
Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1 and
EHCI 0.95.
It has two 32-bit PCI slots, one 8X AGP slot, one CNR (Communications and
Networking Riser) slot, and supports the onboard 10BaseT/100BaseTX
Network interface (optional). In addition, this motherboard has a full set of I/O
ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one
VGA port, one parallel port, three audio jacks for line-in, line-out and micro-
phone, four back-panel USB2.0 ports. Two onboard USB headers provide
additional USB2.0 ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the
motherboard.
This motherboard is a Micro ATX size motherboard and has power connectors
for an ATX power supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:
Processor Support
Supports onboard AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron processors
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Supports up to 333 MHz Front-Side Bus
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Chipset
There are SiS741GX Northbridge and SiS964L Southbridge in this chipset in
accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability
and performance.
Model Northbridge
M863G SiS 741GX
Supports AMD Athlon XP/Sempron CPU with FSB up to 333 MHz,
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and Synchronous/ Quasi-synchronous Host-to-DRAM Timing
Supports 333/266 DDR SDRAM and high performance unified memory
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controller optimizing the DRAM bus utilization
Supports AGP 8X/4X Interface w/ Fast Write Transaction
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Motherboard User's Guide
Southbridge Function
964L CPU FSB: 333MHz,
DDR333/266
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