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Chaintech VNF4 Ultra


Author:  Tyler Curry
Date:  2005.10.09
Topic:  Motherboards
Provider:  Chaintech
Manufacturer:  Chaintech





VNF4 Ultra Specifications

Form Factor
  • ATX (305mm x 220mm)
CPU
  • Supports AMD Socket-939 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 processor
     
  • Processor interface via 2000MT/s HyperTransport bus
Chipset
  • NVIDIA nForce4 (VNF4) / nForce4 Ultra (VNF4 Ultra)
Main Memory
  • Four 184-pin DDR DIMMs up to 4GB
     
  • Supports Dual Channel DDR266/333/400 memory
Expansion Slots
  • PCI Express x16 port for PCI Express graphics card
     
  • Two PCI Express x1 ports
     
  • Three 32bit PCI slots (v2.3 compliant)
Audio Subsystem
  • Supports enhanced NVIDIA 7.1-channel audio
     
  • Complies with AC'97 Rev 2.3 specifications
     
  • Six audio jacks with automatic jack sensing
     
  • Supports 48KHz coaxial S/PDIF output
     
  • EAX/Direct Sound 3D/I3DL2/A3D compatible
SATA
  • Supports four native SATA 1.5Gb/s devices (VNF4)
     
  • Supports four native SATA2 3.0Gb/s devices (VNF4 Ultra)
     
  • Hot-swap capability, allowing disks to be changed without powering down the system.
     
  • Optimized for the high-performance NVIDIA RAID technology
     
  • Supports SATA ATAPI devices
UltraDMA IDE Ports
  • Supports 2 UltraDMA-66/100/133 IDE ports
FDD
  • One FDD connector supports up to 2.88MB
USB2.0
  • Supports total 10 USB2.0 ports with High-Speed Device @480 Mb/s Transfer Rates
Embedded system monitoring
  • Temperature sensing for CPU and system
     
  • Fan speed monitoring and control for CPU and system
NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet
  • Supports 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet with external PHY
NVIDIA ActiveArmor (VNF4 Ultra)
  • A dedicated secure networking engine enhances networking security while reducing CPU overhead
     
  • Specialized features defend against spyware intrusions and hacker attacks
     
  • An intelligent application manager alerts you when unknown applications attempt to access the network
     
  • Supports the new Microsoft networking architecture for fast and secure networking
Boot-Block Flash ROM
  • Award system BIOS supports PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI, & Multi-device booting features
Software
  • Driver CD
     
  • Value Pack
Other Feature Rear panel I/O ports
  • PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard port
  • 25-pin D-Sub female Parallel port
  • Two 9-pin D-Sub male Serial ports
  • Four USB ports and one RJ45 connector
  • 6-port Audio Jack for 7.1-Channel and S/PDIF output

Internal I/O connectors

  • Four 3x1 pin fan connectors
     
  • Three 5x2 pin USB connectors for additional 6 USB ports
     
  • 3x1 pin wake on LAN connector with housing
     
  • 3x1 pin wake on Modem connector with housing
     
  • Two 4x1 pin CD-in connectors with 2.54mm pitch housing
     
  • 5x2 pin Front Audio connector
     
  • 9x2 pin Front Panel connector
     
  • 24 pin ATX Power connector
     
  • 4 pin ATX 12V Power connector


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