1.3Special features

1.3.1 Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard supports the latest Intel® Pentium™ 4 processor via a 478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The processor with 1 MB/512 KB L2 cache includes a 800/533/400 MHz system bus and features the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and new power design that allow up to 3.4+ GHz core frequencies. The motherboard fully supports the new generation 90 nm Pentium® 4 processor.

Dual-channel DDR400 memory support

Employing the dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the motherboard provides a solution that doubles the system memory bandwidth to boost system performance. The motherboard supports up to 4 GB of system memory using PC3200/2700/2100 ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs to deliver up to 6.4 GB/s data transfer rate for various server applications.

Serial ATA technology

The motherboard supports the new Serial ATA technology through the SATA interfaces and the Intel® 6300ESB. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate. For Serial ATA models, the Adaptec® AIC-8110X chip supports four additional SATA connectors to give you six fully-compatible SATA interfaces. For IDE models, the Intel® 6300ESB ICH provides RAID 0 and RAID 1 solution for two Serial ATA interfaces using the Windows® XP operating system.

Zero Channel RAID (ZCR) solution (optional on SATA and SCSI models only)

The motherboard supports the optional Zero Channel RAID card in SODIMM package for a multi-RAID solution using Serial ATA150 hard disk drives or Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives. The RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 provide a cost-effective, reliable and high-performance server system.

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