We saw the K8 Combo-Z board last
week. This week, we take a look at another board by ASrock that offers
upgradeability from Socket 754 to Socket 939. This new board is based on the SiS
760GX chipset which offers integrated Mirage2 Graphics with DirectX8.1 support,
AGP8X. It also has a AGP slot for higher end AGP cards.
The interesting fact about this board
is that you can upgrade to the Socket 939 by inserting a ASrock 939CPU Board to
the yellow slot of the mainboard when CPU prices drop. In our case, we run it
with the FX-53 processor without any issues at all.
The board supports all the necessary
expansion capabilities and they include SerialATA 1.5Gb/s, RAID 0,1,JBOD,
SATA_HDD Hotplug,USB2.0, 5.1channel Audio, 10/100 Ethernet LAN. The board also
supports multiplier control, Vcore adjustments, FSB up to 300MHz FSB.
Below are photos of the package and
the 939 Upgrade Board.
Package
Specifications
Socket 754 for AMD 64-bit Athlon 64
and 32-bit Sempron™ processor
SiS760GX chipset
For 64-bit AMD Athlon 64 and 32-bit Sempron™
processor
- CPU Frequency Stepless control
- CPU Multiplier
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G)
Expansion Slot
- ASRock Future CPU Port
(Yellow-colored):
Flexible Socket939 upgrade interface for ASRock 939CPU
Board
- 1x AGP8X/4X slot , 1.5V
- 2 x PCI slots (PCI2.3 compliance)
- 1 x AMR slot
Graphics
- Integrated Mirage2 graphics in SiS760GX
chipset
- supports DirectX8.1
- upto 128MB shared video memory
Audio
- CMedia 9761 6channel AC'97 audio codec
LAN
- Realtek RTL8201 10/100 Ethernet LAN PHY
- 802.3u, WOL supported
Connector
- 2 x SeialATA 1.5Gb/s connectors supports
RAID,0,1,JBOD, SATA_HDD
Hotplug
- 2 x ATA 133/100/66 IDE connectors ( supports 4 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- CPU/Chassis FAN connectors
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin ATX 12V power connector
- IDE LED connector
- CD/AUX audio in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 port pin header
- 1 x Game/MIDI port pin header
- 1 x COM port header
Rear Panel I/O
ASRock I/O Plus
- 6 x USB2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN port
- 1 x VGA
- 1 x PS2 Keyboard connector
- 1 x PS2 Mouse connectors
- 1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
- 1 x Audio port ( Line In/Out, Mic In)
BIOS Feature
- 2Mb AMI BIOS with ACPI, SM BIOS 3.0, PnP
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, PC-cillin 2002 OEM,
ASRock PC DIY Demo
- SATA driver and utility
Accessories
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O
shield
- Floppy/ATA 100 cables
- 1 x COM port bracket
- 1 x SerialATA data cable
- 1 x SerialATA 1-to-1 power cable
