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Introducing the Mainboard
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Congratulations on purchasing the K7S5A mainboard. This mainboard has a
Socket-A processor socket for the type of AMD K7 processors. You can in-
stall any one of these processors on the mainboard. The mainboard supports
front-side bus speeds of 200/266MHz.
This mainboard uses the SiS 735 chipset which supports a 4X AGP slot for
highly graphics display, DDR interface and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 function,
provides outstanding high system performance under all types of system op-
erations. The mainboard has a built-in AC97 Codec, provides an AMR (Audio
Modem Riser) slot to support Audio and Modem application, and has a built-in
10BaseT/100BaseTX Network Interface. In addition, the mainboard has an
extended set of ATX I/O Ports including PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, two
USB ports, a parallel port, and two serial ports. Two extra USB ports can be
added using the Extended USB Module that connects to the mainboard.
This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a powerful multime-
dia workstation. The board is ATX size and has power connectors for an ATX
power supply.
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Compare the mainboard’s package contents with the following checklist:
Standard Items
One mainboard
One diskette drive ribbon cable
One IDE drive ribbon cable
Software support CD
The User’s Manual