Biostar TFORCE4 U TForce4 U user's manual - Page 3

Biostar T-Series Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 /Athlon 64 X2 processors. Supports AMD Sempron processor. AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing. Supports HyperTransport and AMD Cool'n'Quiet Technology. Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 for TForce4. NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra for TForce4 Ultra. Both support: ­ Supports NVIDIA Firewall. ­ Supports Gigabit Ethernet. ­ Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility. ­ Supports NVIDIA Secure Networking Processor. Operating Systems Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Note: Does not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME. Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 23.4cm (W) x 29.35cm (L) Main Memory Supports Dual Channel DDR. Supports DDR333 and DDR400. Maximum memory space is 4GB, supporting 4 DIMM sockets. Serial ATA nForce4 Ultra supports SATA 2.0 specification, with data transfer rates up to 3Gb/s. nForce4 supports SATA 1.0 specification, with data transfer rates up to 1.5Gb/s. Super I/O Chip: ITE IT8712F. Environment Control initiatives, ­ H/W Monitor ­ Fan Speed Controller ­ ITE's "Smart Guardian" function IDE 2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. 1 TForce4/ TForce4 U AC'97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850, supports 8 channels audio output. IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307, supports 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. Gigabit Ethernet LAN NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. Supports ACPI power management. Supports NVIDIA StreamThru technology ­ Isochronous controller paired with Hyper Transport results in fastest networking performance. Security NVIDIA Firewall technology ­ Native firewall solution protects the PC from intruders by filtering unauthorized traffic. NVIDIA Active Armor (Only for nForce4 Ultra) ­ Enhances network security, and provides users with an environment both fast and secure. NVIDIA RAID Technology RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application performance. RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller standards. RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest performance with fault tolerance. Internal On-board Slots and Connectors One PCI-Express X16 slot. One Xtreme Graphics slot. One SPDIF-Out connector. One CD-ROM audio-in connector. Two PCI-Express X1 slots. Two Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 IDE connectors. Three PCI slots. Four SATA ports. Back Panel I/O Connectors and Ports 1 Printer Port. 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 PS/2 Mouse Port. 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port. 1 1394A Firewire Port. 1 Serial Port. (COM2 is optional.) 4 USB 2.0 Ports. 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities. User's Manual