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Introduction
Form Factor
30.4cm x 26.9cm ATX size form factor, 6 layers PCB.
Motherboard
GA-7A8DRH Motherboard
CPU
Support Dual Opteron processors (Sledge Hammer)
The HyperTransport link of the AMD Opteron processor is capable
of operating at 400, 800, 1200, and 1600 MT/s.
Chipset
AMD-8131 North Bridge HyperTransport PCI-X chipset provides
two independent, high-performance PCI-X bus bridges, interated
with a high-speed HyperTransport technology tunnel.
AMD-8111 HyperTransport I/O Hub replaces the traditional
southbridge. This component integrates storage, connectivity, audio,
I/O expansion and system management functions into a single
device.
Memory
Supports 4 * DDR socket slots for Primary CPU
Supports 4 * DDR socket slots for Secondary CPU
CPU1 supports memory capacity up to 8GB
CPU2 supports memory capacity up to 16GB
Supports registered ECC and DDR200/266/333/400
I/O Control
ITE IT8712F Super I/O
Expansion Slots
Supports 2 x PCI 32Bit/ 33Mhz Slots
Supports 2 x PCI-X 64Bit/100MHz Slots
Supports 2 x PCI-X 64Bit/66MHz Slots
Supports 1 x PCI-X 64Bit/66MHz Slot by SO-DIMM(SCSI card)
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
1 Serial ports (COMA)
1 VGA connector
2 USB ports (USB1.1)
Chapter 1 Introduction
to be continued......
Summary of Features
