Features - ECS kt600-a User Manual

F e a t u r e s
F e a t u r e s
Processor The motherboard uses an AMD 462-pin Socket A that has the
following features:
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Supports 400/333/266/200 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
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Accommodates AMD Athlon XP/Sempron/Athlon/Duron
CPU
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200/166/133 MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) transfer on Ath-
lon XP/Sempron/Athlon/Duron CPU and data buses
Note: It is recommended that you use AMD Athlon XP
Chipset The chipset on this motherboard includes the KT600
Northbridge combine with VT8237 Southbridge chipset. The
table below briefly explains some of the chipset's advanced

features.

Chipset
KT600
NB
VT8237
SB
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Supports DDR up to 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR SDRAM
Memory
memory module
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Accommodates three unbuffered 2.5V 184-pin slots
•
Each slot supports up to 1 GB with a total maximum ca-
pacity of 3 GB (DDR 400 up to 2 GB only)
Graphics This motherboard includes an AGP slot that provides eight
times the bandwidth of the original AGP specification. The
AGP 3.0 (8x AGP) offers a significant increase in performance
along with feature enhancements to AGP2.0. This interface
or higher level CPU to make sure that the "Ther-
mal Diode" function will work properly.
Features
200/166/133 MHz DDR (Double Data Rate)
transfer on Athlon XP/Sempron/Athlon/Duron
CPU address and data buses.
Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Controller which support 533 MHz 8x, 266 MHz
4x, and 133 MHz 2x transfer modes for Ad and
SBA signaling.
Supports 66 MHz V-Link Host interface with
peak bandwidth of 533MB/sec.
Supports separately powered 2.5V interface to
system memory and 1.5V interface to AGP.
Supports DDR400, DDR333 and DDR266 dou-
ble data rate synchronous DRAM.
Supports 16-bit 66 MHz V-Link Client interface
with total bandwidth of 1066 MB/sec.
Dual channel Serial ATA controller.
Supports both ACPI (Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power
management.
Dual channel UltraDMA-33/66/100/133 master
mode EIDE controller.
Integrated USB 2.0 Controller with four root
hubs and eight function ports.
1/10/100 MHz full and half duplex operation.
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