Biostar M7VIB [7/73] Motherboard description

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

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1. Motherboard Description

1.1 Features

1.1.1 Hardware

CPU

− Single Socket-A for an AMD Athlon Family processor.

− Runing at 100 or 133 MHz Front Side Bus frequency.

− The AMD Athlon system bus supports the 200/266 MHz high-speed,

split-transaction AMD Athlon system bus interface.

Speed

− Supports up to AMD Athlon

XP 2000+ CPU core speeds.

− Supports up to AMD Athlon

1.4 GHz CPU core speeds.

− Supports up to AMD Duron

1.2 GHz CPU core speeds.

− The 33MHz 32 bit PCI 2.2 compliant.

− The 66MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface supports 1x, 2x and 4x data

transfer mode.

− High-speed memory --The VT8366/A system controller is designed to

support 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM DIMMs.

Chipset

− Chipset – VIA VT8366/A and VT8233A.

− Chipset – Winbond W83697HF.

DRAM Memory

− Supports 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB DIMM modules (4).

− Supports DDR (Double Data Rate) Synchronous DRAM (2.5 V).

− Supports 8 banks up to 4Gb DRAMs for registered DDR SDRAM

module. (DIMM x 4pcs)

− Supports 6 banks up to 3Gb DRAMs for unbuffered DDR SDRAM

module. (DIMM x 3pcs)

− 200/266 MHz Bus Frequency.