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1-2 Feature Summary

Motherboard

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GA-7N400S or GA-7N400S-L

CPU

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Socket A for AMD SempronTM / AthlonTM XP / AthlonTM / DuronTM processor

 

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Supports 200/266/333/400MHz FSB

 

Š Supports 1.4GHz and faster

Chipset

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Northbridge: nVIDIA® nForceTM 2 Ultra 400

 

Š Southbridge: nVIDIA® nForceTM 2 MCP RAID

Memory

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3 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 3GB memory)

 

Š Supports dual channel DDR 400/333/266 DIMM

 

Š Supports 2.5V DDR DIMM

Slots

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1 AGP slot supoorts 8X/4X(1.5V) mode

 

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5 PCI slots

IDE Connections

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2 IDE connections (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), allows connection

 

 

of 4 IDE devices

FDD Connections

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1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices

Onboard SATA

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2 Serial ATA ports from nVIDIA® nForceTM 2 MCP RAID (SATA0, SATA1)

 

Š Supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) function

Peripherals

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1 parallel port supporting Normal/EPP/ECP mode

 

Š 2 serial ports (COMA, COMB)

 

Š 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (rear x 4, front x 4 via cable)

 

Š 1 front audio connector

 

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1 IR connector

 

Š 1 PS/2 keyboard port

 

Š 1 PS/2 mouse port

Onboard LAN*

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Onboard RTL8100C chip (10/100 Mbit)*

 

Š 1 RJ 45 port*

Onboard Audio

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ALC655 CODEC

 

Š Supports Jack Sensing function

 

Š Supports 2 / 4 / 6 channel audio

 

Š Supports Line In (Rear Speaker Out) ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ;

 

 

MIC In (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)

 

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SPDIF In/Out connection

 

Š CD In/Aux In connection

I/O Control

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IT8712

Hardware Monitor

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System voltage detection

 

Š CPU / System temperature detection

 

Š CPU / System fan speed detection

 

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Thermal shutdown function

BIOS

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Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

 

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Supports Q-Flash

Additional Features

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Supports @BIOS

 

Š Supports EasyTune 5 (Note)

Overclocking

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Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ AGP)

Form Factor

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ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm

* Only for GA-7N400S-L.

(Note) If you want to use EasyTune utility, please set Memory Frequency under Advanced Chipset Features to Auto in BIOS Setup (refer to page 34). You also have to use DDR memory module(s) with frequencies equal to or faster than the FSB frequency of the CPU you install. For example, when using a CPU with 333Mhz FSB, you have to install DDR333 or DDR400 memory module(s).

GA-7N400S(-L) Motherboard

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Gigabyte GA-7N400S-L user manual Feature Summary, ALC655 Codec