Gigabyte GA-7VAC manual Chapter Introduction

Chapter 1	Introduction
Features Summary
FormFactor	—	29.3cm x 20.0cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.
C PU	—	Socket Aprocessor
		AMD AthlonTM/AthlonTM XP/ DuronTM (K7)
		128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die
		200/266/333<Note 1>MHz FSB andDDR bus speeds
	—	Supports 1.4GHz and faster
Chipset	— VIA KT333CF Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC)
	—	VIA VT8235 Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)
Memory	—	3 184-pin DDR sockets
	—	Supports DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100/PC2700/PC3200<Note 2>
	—	Supports up to 3.0GB DDR (Max)
	— Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM
I/O Control	—	IT8705
Slots	—	1 AGP slot supports 4X/2X mode(1.5V) & AGP 2.0 Compliant
	—	5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
On-Board IDE	—	2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with
		PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133)
		operation modes.
On-Board Peripherals	—	1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M
		and 2.88M bytes.
	—	1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode
	— 2 Serial port (COMA & COMB)
	— 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 (4 by cable)
Hardware Monitor	—	CPU/System Fan Revolution detect
	—	CPU/System temperature detect
	—	System Voltage Detect
	—	Thermal shutdownfunction
		to be continued

<Note 1> FSB333 MHz only support DDR333 DIMM module.

<Note 2> PC3200 only support by Micro, Samsung, Apacer DDR module as we verified, more detail pls refer to P.85

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