Nvidia NFORCE 650I - Manual (Page 5)

Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Thanks for choosing the nForce 650i Ultra mainboard. It is based on nVIDIA ® nForce 650i Ultra
Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets. The nForce 650i Ultra supports Intel ® Core TM 2
Extreme/ Core TM 2 Quad/ Core TM 2 Duo/ Pentium ® Extreme Edition/ Pentium ® Processors
with FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies up to 1066 MHz/ 800 MHz/ 533 MHz.
The nForce 650i Ultra provides four DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets allowing
you to install 240-pin, unbuffered non-ECC, DDRII 800/ 667/ 533 SDRAMs. It also supports
Dual Channel Technology and allows you installing a total memory capacity of 8 GB.
The mainboard provides one PCI-E x16 slot for use with a graphics card. There are two PCI-E
x1 slots provided for use with PCI-E x1 compatible expansion cards. Three standard PCI slots
for use with standard PCI expansion cards are also allowed.
The nForce 650i Ultra provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB/
720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB drives. There is also one IDE connector for connecting two
IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133. Moreover, these mainboards come with
Serial ATA II feature, four SATA II connectors which the interfaces can provide the transmit
rate up to 3 Gbps and also support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 JBOD mode
The onboard High Definition Audio CODEC (ALC885) supports 8/6/4/2 channel audio play
< See Appendix I > . These mainboards also support the Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF)
output function.
The nForce 650i Ultra comes with one onboard 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There
is one LAN port on the back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an Internet
cable.
There are maximal eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports which can be set up on the mainboard.
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual
are for reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The
company will not assume any responsibility for any errors or mistakes within.