ECS Elitegroup KA1 MVP [10/85] Major components

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1. CPU socket

Socket 939 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force socket for AMD K8

Athlon 64 FX Processor supports FSB 1000/800/600/400/200 MHz

that allows up to 8 GB/s data transfer rates.

2. Dual channel DDR DIMM sockets

These four 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to 4GB system

memory using unbuffered PC3200/2700/2100/1600 DDR DIMMs.

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5. Southbridge controller

The SB450 integrated peripheral controller supports various I/O

functions including four Serial ATA connectors, single channel

UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 master mode EIDE controller, eight USB

2.0 ports, Azalia Audio interface, and PCI 2.3 interface.

3. Super I/O controller

The Low Pin Count (LPC) interface provides the commonly used su-

per I/O functionality. The chipset supports a high performance floppy

disk controller, a multi-mode parallel port, one serial port, a game

port, the mouse and keyboard interface.

4. Northbridge controller

The RD480 is a system controller in a single chip. It supports AMD

K8 desktop systems in both the performance and value sectors. It fully

supports DirectX9.0 in hardware.