Abit AW8 user manual Introduction, Features & Specifications

Introduction 1-1

Chapter 1. Introduction

1-1. Features & Specifications

1.CPU

•Designed for Intel® Pentium 4 / Pentium D LGA775 processors with 1066/800 MHz FSB

•Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading / XD-bit / EM64T / EIST Technology

2.Chipset

•Intel® 955X / Intel® ICH7R Express Chipset

3.Memory

•Four 240-pin DIMM slots (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM)

•Supports Dual channel DDR2 667/533 (Max. 8GB)

4.PCI-E x16 Graphic

•Delivers up to 8GB/s per direction for 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP8X

5.ABIT Engineered

•ABIT uGuru™ 2005 Technology (ABIT OC Guru / ABIT EQ / ABIT Flash Menu / ABIT Black Box)

•ABIT CPU ThermalGuard™ Technology

•ABIT AudioMAX HD 7.1 Technology

6.SATAII 3G RAID

•Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0/1/5/10

•Supports SATA AHCI, providing native command queuing and native hot plug

7.2nd PCIE SATAII 3G

•OnBoard Silicon Image PCIE SATAII 3G RAID controller (For model AW8-MAX only)

8.Dual PCI-E Gigabit LAN

•OnBoard Dual PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller supports 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (For model AW8-MAX only)

9.IEEE 1394b

•Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394b at 800 Mb/s transfer rate and 1 port 1394a (For model AW8-MAX only)

10.Audio

•ABIT AudioMAX HD 7.1-channel Intel® High Definition Audio with Dolby Master Studio

•Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out

11.Internal I/O Connectors

•1x PCI Express x16 slot

•2x PCI-E x1 slots

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