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Processor The L4S8A mainboard uses a micro PGA 478-pin socket that
has the following features:
•Supports 400/533 MHz system bus
•Accommodates Pentium 4 processors at 1.5G/1.6G/1.7G…
2.5G and above
Chipset The SiS648 and SiS963 chipsets are based on an innovative
and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perform-
ance. A few of the chipset’s advanced features are:
•Supports Intel Pentium 4 series CPU with data transfer
rate up to 533MHz
•Support 12 outstanding transactions and out-of-order
completion
•Supports 64-bit high performance DDR333/DDR266
Memory Controller
•Universal AGP v3.0 compliant and supports AGP 8X/4X
Interface with Fast Write Transaction
•Distributed arbitration strategy with long contiguous data
streaming
•PCI 2.2 specification compliance
•Integrated multi-threaded I/O link mastering with read
pipelined streaming
•Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133
Additional key features include support for six USB ports, Fast
Ethernet MAC controller, AC97 interface, IEEE 1394A host
controller, advanced power management, integrated DMA
controller and keyboard controller.
Memory •Supports DDR up to 200/266/333 MHz SDRAM memory
module
•Accommodates three unbuffered 2.5V 184-pin slots
•Each slot supports up to 1 GB with a total maximum
capacity of 3 GB
AGP The L4S8A includes an 8xAGP slot that provides eight times
the bandwidth of the original AGP specification. The AGP 3.0
(8xAGP) offers a significant increase in performance along
with feature enhancements to AGP2.0. This interface repre-
sents the natural evolution from the existing AGP to meet the
ever-increasing demands placed on the graphic interfaces
within the workstation and desktop environments.
Audio The AC’ 97 Audio codec is compliant with the AC’ 97 2.2
specification, and supports 18-bit ADC (Analog Digital Con-
verter) and DAC (Digital Analog Converter) resolution as well
as 18-bit stereo full-duplex codec with independent and vari-
able sampling rates. Further features include support for four
analog line-level stereo inputs.
Expansion
Options The mainboard comes with the following expansion options:
•Five 32-bit PCI slots (PCI 5 and onboard RAID share)
•One 8X/4X AGP slot
•A Communications Network Riser (CNR) slot (AC97 inter-
face only)
•Two IDE connectors which support four IDE channels and
a floppy disk drive interface