Features - ECS K7VTA3 Manual

F e a t u r e s
F e a t u r e s
Processor The mainboard uses a mPGA 478-pin socket that has the
following features:
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Accommodates Intel/P4 Celeron/Northwood/Prescott
478-pins CPU (compliant with Intel VRM 10.0 spec.
0.8375V ~ 1.6V)
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Supports a system bus (FSB) of 400/533/800 MHz
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Supports System Bus Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI)
Chipset Intel's innovative 848P (MCH) and 82801EB (ICH5) chipsets
are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with
proven reliability and performance. A few of the advanced
features of the chipsets are:
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Support a single processor with a data transfer-rate of
400/533/800MHz
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Support DDR-SDRAM at 200/266/333/400MHz operation
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1.5V AGP Interface With 8X SBA/Data Transfer and
1X/4X/8X Fast Write Capability
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USB Controller 2.0 (expanded capabilities for 8 Ports)
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2 Channel Ultra ATA/100 bus master IDE controllers
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2 serial ATA host controllers
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Eight USB 2.0 Ports for serial transfers at 480Mbits/sec
Max
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PCI Rev. 2.3, 3.3V (5V Tolerant), 33 MHz interface Com-
pliant
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PCI to System Memory Data Streaming up to 132 MB/sec
Additional key features include support for an AC'97 (2.3) interface
for audio and modem, hardware monitoring, and ACPI/OnNow
power management.
Memory The mainboard can accommodate 2.5V DDR SDRAM. It ac-
commodates two unbuffered 2.5V 184 pin slots with a total
maximum capacity of 2 GB.
AC' 97 Audio The ALC655 is compliant with the AC'97 (REV 2.3) Codec and
Codec supports six channels audio CODEC designed for PC multi-
media systems. It provides three analog line-level stereo inputs
with 5-bit volume control: Line_IN, CD, AUX. It also supports
S/PDIF output function and operates from a 3.3V power sup-
ply.
AGP This motherboard includes an AGP slot that provides eight
times the bandwidth of the original AGP specification to 2.1
gigabytes per second (GB/s). AGP technology provides a di-
rect connection between the graphics sub-system and the
processor so that the graphics do not have to compete for
processor time with other devices on the PCI bus.
Expansion The mainboard comes with the following expansion options:
Options •
Five 32-bit PCI slots
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One AGP slot (support 1.5V only)
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One Communications Network Riser (CNR) slot (AC97
interface only)
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Two IDE connectors which support four IDE channels and
a floppy disk drive interface
The mainboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with trans-
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