Chapter 1 Introduction; Key Features - ECS Motherboard User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has an LGA775 socket for the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo/
Pentium D/Pentium 4/ Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology
and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1066/800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading
Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows
XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.
It integrates the VIA P4M800Pro Northbridge and VT8237R Plus Southbridge
that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream
desktop PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing
Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1
and EHCI 1.0. It supports AC' 97 Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA 133/
100/66 function. It has one 8X AGP, one CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots. There
is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one
serial port, one parallel port, one VGA port, one LAN port (optional), three
audio jacks for Line-in, Line-out and Microphone, four back-panel USB 2.0
ports and onboard USB headers providing extra ports by connecting the
Extended USB Module to the motherboard.
It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:
LGA775 Socket
Supports the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron
•
D Series processors with Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports up to 1066/800/533 MHz Front-Side Bus
•
Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it's
hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both
on separate 'logical' processors within the same physical processor.
Chipset
There are VIA P4M800Pro Northbridge and VT8237R Plus in the chipsets in
accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability
and performance.
High Performance Northbridge with 1066/800/533 MHz FSB for Intel®
•
Core™2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors
V-link 533 MB/s high bandwidth North/South Bridge interconnect
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Integrated UniChrome Pro 3D/2D Graphics & Video Controller,
•
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 compatible, OpenGL supported
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