Date: May 27th, 2004
Article by: Roger (Hardware Reviewer)
Edited by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Abit
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Processor

- Supports AMD socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU with 800 MHz FSB

CPU Integrated Memory Controller

- 72-bit memory controller supports DDR at 266, 333 and 400MHz (ECC)
- Support 3 DIMM DDR 333
- Support 2 DIMM DDR 400
- Support 3 DIMM up to 2GB Max.

Chipset

- VIA K8T800 / VT8237 chipset
- Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
- Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V)

SATA

- Supports SATA data transfer rates at 150 MB/s (1.5GB bps)

2nd SATA RAID

- On board Serial ATA RAID PCI Controller
- Supports 4 x SATA 150 RAID 0/1/0+1

Gigabit LAN

- On board 10/100/1000 Mb PCI Ethernet Controller

IEEE 1394a

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

Audio

- 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC on board
- Professional digital audio interface supports S/P DIF optical In/Out

ABIT Engineered Technology

- ABIT OCP™ Technology
- SoftMenu™ Technology to set CPU parameters
- OTES™ Technology
- FanEQ™ Technology
- MaxFID™ Technology
- CPU ThermalGuard™ Technology

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 AGP 8X/4X slot, 5 PCI slots
- Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
- 2 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors
- 6 x Serial ATA 150 RAID Connectors
- 2 x USB headers, 2 x IEEE 1394a header
- 2 x CD-IN

Back Panel I/O

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x S/P DIF Output, 1 x S/P DIF Input
- Audio connectors (Front Speaker, Line-in, Mic-in, Center/Sub, Surround Speaker)
- 2 x USB, 1 x IEEE 1394a Connector
- 2 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector

Miscellaneous

- ATX form factor
- Hardware monitoring
- Including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature

Additional Features:

OTES Technology

In the interests of cooling and performance, OTES has been redesigned to cool the hottest part of a motherboard: the PWM power regulation mosfets and capacitors.

µGuru

MAX3 comes with ABIT's latest ABIT Engineered feature, µGuru is a second processor for interactive management of hardware monitoring, overclocking and e-service features.

SoftMenu™ Technology

The overclocking functions include CPU frequency, Vcore, multiplier and memory voltage adjustment to maximize your system performance.