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Manufacturer:	Abit
Product:	NF7-s Rev 2.0
Availability:	Immediately
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Date:	6-13-2003
Price:	$128.00

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BIOS

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A part of the attraction for ABIT motherboards is the ability to control the CPU frequencies directly from the BIOS. The NF7-S uses SoftMenu III Technology to take control of the CPU and bus speeds. Under this menu in the BIOS, you are able to change the multiplier, AGP clock, FSB and DRAM ratio. Selecting the memory speeds is a little different from just selecting a speed from a menu or typing in the desired speed. The menu for the memory clock is set to either auto or a divider ratio. For example, if the setting is 4/6, the memory clock will be the processor FSB clock divided by 4 and then multiplied by 6. Having to set the memory clock this way is not near as easy as inputting or selecting a number.

Additional options under the SoftMenu III category in the BIOS allow you to change the values of the CPU Core Voltage, DDR SDRAM Voltage, Chipset Voltage, and AGP Voltage. For those wanting to push their systems to the max, controlling the voltage for these items come in quite handy. The remaining items in the BIOS do not stray too far from that found on other nForce2 motherboards. Memory timings, CPU shutdown temperatures, integrated components and more are controlled from the BIOS.

Specifications

Processor
- Supports AMD-K7 Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP Socket A with 200/266/333/400MHz FSB Processors

Chipset
- NVIDIA nForce2 SPP chipset with MCP-T
- Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
- Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V)

Memory
- Three 184-pin DIMM sockets
- Supports 3 DIMM DDR 200/266/333 (Max. 3GB)
- Supports 2 DIMM DDR 400 (Max. 2GB)

Serial ATA (Optional)
- On board Serial ATA PCI Controller
- Supports SATA data transfer rates 150MB/s (1.5G bps)

Audio
- 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC on board
- Professional digital audio interface supports 24-bit S/PDIF Out
- NVIDIA SoundStorm with real-time Dolby Digital 5.1 encoder

System BIOS
- SoftMenu Technology
- Award Plug and Play BIOS
- Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speeds, Voltages, System environment temperature

LAN
- On board 10/100Mb LAN Physical layer interface
- 10/100Mb Operation supports ACPI & Wake on LAN

IEEE 1394
- Supports IEEE 1394a at 100/200/400MB/s transfer rate

Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x AGP8X/4X slot, 5 x PCI slots
- 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
- 2 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors
- 2 x Serial ATA 150 Connectors
- 2 x USB headers, 2 x IEEE1394a header
- 1 x CD-IN, 1 x IrDA

Back Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 2 x Serial, 1 x Parallel
- 1 x S/PDIF Out port
- Audio connectors (Front Speaker, Line-in, Mic-in, Center/Sub, Surround Speaker)
- 2 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector