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GA-K8NS (Rev. 1.x)

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Specifications

  • CPU
    1. Socket 754 for AMD Athlon64
  • Chipset
    1. NVIDIA nForce3 250 Platform Processor
    2. Super I/O: ITE IT8712F chip
    3. Integrated Peripherals
      1. ICS 1883 LAN PHY chip
      2. Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec
  • Memory
    1. Type: DDR400/ 333/ 266- 184pin
    2. Max capacity: Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots
  • Expansion Slots
    1. 1 x AGP slot (8x/4x-AGP 3.0 compliant), supports 1.5v display card only.
    2. 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
  • Internal I/O Connectors
    1. 2 x Serial ATA connectors
    2. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
    3. 1 x FDD connector
    4. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
    5. S/P DIF input/output pin header
    6. 2 x cooling fan pin headers
    7. CD/AUX in
    8. 1 x Game/Midi connector
  • Back Panel Connectors
    1. PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
    2. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    3. 1 x RJ45 ports
    4. 2 x COM ports
    5. 1 x LPT
    6. Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector
  • H/W Monitoring
    1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
    2. Hardware detecting and reporting for CPU voltage and fan speed.
  • BIOS
    1. 2 M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS
  • Form Factor
    1. ATX form factor
    2. 30.5 X 23.0
  • CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
    1. CPU FSB / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
    2. AGP Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
    3. DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
  • Other Features
    1. Support NVIDIA Firewall
    2. XpressTM Installation
    3. XpressTM Recovery
    4. Q-FlashTM
    5. @BIOSTM
  • Power
    1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
    2. Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch
  • Remark
    1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
    2. This product does not support Win9X/ME, due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. However we still offer available related drivers to serve our customers.
  • CPU
    1. Socket 754 for AMD Athlon64
  • Chipset
    1. NVIDIA nForce3 250 Platform Processor
    2. Super I/O: ITE IT8712F chip
    3. Integrated Peripherals
      1. ICS 1883 LAN PHY chip
      2. Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec
  • Memory
    1. Type: DDR400/ 333/ 266- 184pin
    2. Max capacity: Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots
  • Expansion Slots
    1. 1 x AGP slot (8x/4x-AGP 3.0 compliant), supports 1.5v display card only.
    2. 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
  • Internal I/O Connectors
    1. 2 x Serial ATA connectors
    2. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
    3. 1 x FDD connector
    4. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
    5. S/P DIF input/output pin header
    6. 2 x cooling fan pin headers
    7. CD/AUX in
    8. 1 x Game/Midi connector
  • Back Panel Connectors
    1. PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
    2. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    3. 1 x RJ45 ports
    4. 2 x COM ports
    5. 1 x LPT
    6. Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector
  • H/W Monitoring
    1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
    2. Hardware detecting and reporting for CPU voltage and fan speed.
  • BIOS
    1. 2 M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS
  • Form Factor
    1. ATX form factor
    2. 30.5 X 23.0
  • CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
    1. CPU FSB / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
    2. AGP Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
    3. DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
  • Other Features
    1. Support NVIDIA Firewall
    2. XpressTM Installation
    3. XpressTM Recovery
    4. Q-FlashTM
    5. @BIOSTM
  • Power
    1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
    2. Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch
  • Remark
    1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
    2. This product does not support Win9X/ME, due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. However we still offer available related drivers to serve our customers.

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