ECS RS485M-M specification
Starting proceedings in the usual manner, we'll get the RS485M-M's specification out of the way.
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| CPU | Socket AM2 with AMD Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64/ Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/ Sempron processor High-performance Hyper Transport CPU interface. Support transfer rate of 2000/1600/1200/800/400 mega-transfers per second. |
| Chipset | North Bridge: ATI® RS485 South Bridge: ATI® SB460 |
| Memory | Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB Support DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM |
| Expansion slots | 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 2 x PCI slots |
| Graphics | On Chip (Radeon X300-based. 2D/3D graphic engine) Share Memory: Maximum up to 256MB |
| Audio | Realtek ALC655 6-Channel audio CODEC |
| Rear panel I/O |
1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors 1 x Parallel port (LPT1) 1 x Serial port (COM1) 1 x VGA port 1 x RJ45 LAN connector 4 x USB ports 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in) |
| Internal I/O connectors and headers | 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector 1 x IDE connector 4 x Serial ATA connectors 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports 1 x SPDIF out header 1 x Front panel switch/LED header 1 x Front panel audio header 1x CD in header CPUFAN/NB_FAN/SYSFAN connectors |
| Storage | Supported by SB460 2 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices 4 x Serial ATA devices RAID0 & RAID1 configuration |
| System BIOS | Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification |
| Form factor | Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*244mm |
Here in the UK, we won't see FireWire on this board, although it looks like other countries may be graced with 400Mbps of goodness.
As the name of the board suggests, ATI's RS485 northbridge takes the helm, with the SB460 bringing up the rear, which combined with the X300-based integrated GPU making up the ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 graphics. We started out with Xpress 1100, but more on that later.
DDR2 RAM is required by this board (or rather, required by the processors used with this board, seeing as it's there that the memory controller resides).
Having given the spec sheet the once-over, it's a shame about the FireWire, but other than that everything looks fine.