Introduction2English1-2 Mainboard FeaturesBrief IntroductionSocket AM2Socket AM2 (940-pin) based motherboards are designed to provide performance enhancements for AMDAthlon AM2 processor-based systems, and it also expected to be the next-generation of platforminnovations.For more information about all the new features Athlon TM AM2 Processor deliver, check out the AMD websiteat http://www.amd.comChipsetThe board is designed with nVidia nF6100-400 / nF6100-405 / nF6100-430 chipset, featuring performanceand stability with the most innovative technology and features.For more details about the nVidia chipset, please visit the nVidia Web site at http://www.nVidia.com.VGAChipset contains integrated VGA. The VGA core shares memory usage with system memory, thereforesometimes referred to as Unified Memory Architecture (UMA).PCI-Express (PCI-E)Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade. With smaller slot sizeand 250MB/sec (PCI-E*1) or 4GB/sec(PCI-E*16) maximum transfer, PCI-Express overcomes PCI bus bottleneck.DDR2DDR2 ushers in the new era of DDR memory technology. DDR2 memory offers faster speed, higher databandwidth and lower power consumption over DDR.Dual ChannelSupports dual channel of DDR2 memory to give you twice the memory bandwidth for greater systemperformance.Hardware MonitoringHardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status. Thisincludes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.10/100 LANThis mainboard is mounted with a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN PHY. It allows the mainboard to connect to alocal area network by means of a network hub.Serial ATA IIS-ATA II is the second generation SATA interface with double the transferring speed up to 300MB/sec. Itsupports NCQ to provide faster reading speed for your storage devices.SATA RAIDRAID function available on chipset’s SATA II ports.USB2.0A popular USB standard for plugging in peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer speed while maintainingbackward compatibility with older USB1.1 device.6chMainboard is equipped with 6 channel of audio to support Dolby Digital 5.1 audio for DVD-playback. The onboardaudio jacks can be configured for normal 2 channel mode or 6 channel mode.AMD Cool'n'QuietTM TechnologyAMD's Cool'n'QuietTM Technology lowers CPU operating voltage when the system is in idle mode. This helps toreduce heat dissipation and in effect lowers the fan speed to noise from your PC.