ASRock K8NF3-VSTA socket 754

Socket 754 for AMD Athlon™ 64 and Sempron processors

NVIDIA® nForce3 250 Chipset

FSB 800MHz, Hyper-Transport Technology and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

Supports DDR400/333/266 with 2 DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 2GB

Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology

Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed AGP/ PCI Buses

1 x AGP 8X slot

2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, supports RAID (RAID 0, 1, JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions

7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level Superior Audio (C-Media CM6501 Audio Codec with UAA architecture), 10/100 Ethernet LAN

Windows® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready

ASRock 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB ports, 7.1 channel audio jacks

This model may not be sold worldwide. Please contact your local dealer for the availability of this model in your region.







General

CPU - Socket 754 for AMD Athlon™ 64 and Sempron processors

- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

- FSB 800 MHz

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Chipset - NVIDIA® nForce3 250

Memory - 2 x DDR DIMM slots

- Supports DDR400/333/266 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 2GB

BIOS - 4Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

Audio, Video and Networking

Graphics - n/a

Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level Superior Audio (C-Media CM6501 Audio Codec with UAA architecture)

LAN - Realtek PHY RTL8201CL

- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Expansion / Connectivity

Slots - 4 x PCI slots

- 1 x AGP 8X slot

Connector - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s connectors, support RAID* (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions

- 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x Game header

- CPU/Chassis FAN connectors

- 20 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of them are shared with USB23 ports on the I/O panel)
*RAID function is only available under Windows® 2000, XP or XP 64-bit OS.



Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH I/O

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 Port

- Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Other Features / Miscellaneous

Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)

Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- Floppy/ATA 133 cables

- 1 x SATA data cable (optional)

- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)

Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

Form Factor - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm

OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/Vista™/Vista™ 64-bit compliant

Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL