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English Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Motherboard CPU Chipset Memory Slots On-Board IDE On-Board Floppy On-Board SATA(Note2) On-Board Peripherals On-Board LAN GA-7VT880 Series: GA-7VT880 Pro / GA-7VT880-L / GA-7VT880 Socket A processor AMD AthlonTM/ AthlonTM XP/ DuronTM (K7) 128K L1 & 512K/256K/64K L2 cache on die 200/266/333/400 MHz FSB Supports 1.4GHz and faster VIA KT880 Memory/AGP Controller (PAC) VIA VT8237 Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC) 4 184-pin DDR sockets,supports up to 4.0GB DDR (Max)(Note 1) Supports Dual Channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 Supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB unbuffered DRAM Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM 1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode(1.5V) & AGP 3.0 compliant 5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133) operation mode 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M bytes 2 Serial ATA connectors 2 SATA connectors controlled by VIA VT8237(SATA0,SATA1) 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode 2 Serial ports (COMA & COMB) 3 x IEEE1394 ports (by cable) 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 (rearx4, frontx4 by cable) 1 Front Audio connector 1 IrDA connector for IR 1 PS/2 keyboard 1 PS/2 mouse Built-in RTL8110S (10/100/1000 Mbit)(1) Built-in RTL8100C (10/100 Mbit)(2) 1 RJ45 ports (Note 1) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3. xxGB memory during ystem startup. (Note 2) It is recommended to use SATA (1.5Gb/s) hard disks. 1 Only for GA-7VT880 Pro. 2 Only for GA-7VT880-L. - 5 - to be continued...... Introduction

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Introduction
English
- 5 -
to be continued
......
Chapter 1
Introduction
Features Summary
1
Only for GA-7VT880 Pro.
2
Only for GA-7VT880-L.
Motherboard
y
GA-7VT880 Series:
GA-7VT880 Pro / GA-7VT880-L
/ GA-7VT880
CPU
y
Socket
A processor
AMD Athlon
TM
/ Athlon
TM
XP/ Duron
TM
(K7)
128K L1 & 512K/256K/64K L2 cache on die
200/266/333/400
MHz FSB
y
Supports 1.4GHz and faster
Chipset
y
VIA KT880 Memory/AGP Controller (PAC)
y
VIA VT8237 Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)
Memory
y
4 184-pin DDR sockets,supports up to 4.0GB DDR (Max)
(Note 1)
y
Supports Dual Channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266
y
Supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB unbuffered DRAM
y
Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM
Slots
y
1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode(1.5V) & AGP 3.0 compliant
y
5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
On-Board IDE
y
2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2)
with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133)
operation mode
On-Board Floppy
y
1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88M bytes
On-Board SATA
(Note2)
y
2 Serial ATA connectors
y
2 SATA connectors controlled by VIA VT8237(SATA0,SATA1)
On-Board Peripherals
y
1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode
y
2 Serial ports (COMA & COMB)
y
3 x IEEE1394 ports (by cable)
y
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 (rearx4, frontx4 by cable)
y
1 Front
Audio connector
y
1 IrDA connector for IR
y
1 PS/2 keyboard
y
1 PS/2 mouse
On-Board
LAN
y
Built-in RTL8110S (10/100/1000 Mbit)(
1
)
y
Built-in RTL8100C (10/100 Mbit)(
2
)
y
1 RJ45 ports
(Note 1)
Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the
actual memory size is less than the stated amount.For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.
xxGB memory during
ystem startup.
(Note 2)
It is recommended to use SATA (1.5Gb/s) hard disks.