HP Motherboard Specifications

Part / Feature Specification / Support
Motherboard description
• Motherboard manufacturer's name: MSI MS-7184
• HP/Compaq name: AmethystM-GL6E

CPU/Processor
• Socket: 939
• Supports AMD Athlon 64 X2 (up to 4800+) and Sempron (up to 3200+) processors

System bus
• 2000 MegaTransfers/second or 1600 MegaTransfers/second depending on the processor

Chipset
• Northbridge: ATI RS482
• Southbridge: ATI SB400

BIOS features
• The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications
• Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD

Form factor
• Micro-ATX: 24.4cm X 24.4cm

Memory
• Four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
• Supports dual channel, eight memory banks DDR 333/400 DDR DIMMs
• Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMMs
• Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 4 GB* without ECC

Expansion slots
• One PCI Express x16 graphics
• Three PCI
• One SCSI connector for PCI Extender Card for two additional PCI slots (optional)

Video graphics
• Integrated

Serial ATA
• 2 SATA connectors
• Each connector supports 1 serial ATA-150 disk drive

Onboard audio or audio card Controller: AC-97
• Realtek ALC658C 6-channel CODEC chipset
• Location: Integrated

Onboard LAN
• Realtek 8100C
• 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller

Back panel I/0
• One PS/2 mouse
• One PS/2 keyboard
• One VGA
• One Parallel
• One IEEE 1394
• One RJ-45 networking port
• Three audio connectors: line in, line out, and microphone
• Four USB (2.0)
• One S/PDIF out

Internal connectors
• One floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
• Two IDE connectors for up to four IDE devices
• Two serial ATA ports for up to two SATA devices
• One PCI Express x16 graphics slot
• Three PCI slots
• One PCI extender board connector
• Four USB 2.0 ports on two headers
• One CD audio input header
• One auxiliary audio input header
• One headphone-out header
• One IEEE1394a header
• One CPU fan connector
• One system (chassis) fan connector




 







1 - PS/2 mouse port . This port is for a PS/2 mouse.
2 - Parallel port. This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other devices.
3 - IEEE 1394a port. This 6-pin IEEE 1394a port provides high-speed connectivity for audio/video devices, storage peripherals, PCs, or portable devices.
4 - LAN (RJ-45) port. This port allows connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.
5 - Line In port . This port connects a tape, CD, DVD player or other audio sources.
6 - Line Out port . This port connects a headphone or a speaker. In 4- channel and 6-channel mode, the function of this port becomes Front Speaker Out.
7 - Microphone port . This port connects a microphone.
8 - Coaxial S/PDIF Out port. This port connects an external audio output device via a coaxial S/PDIF cable.
9 - USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
10 - USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
11 - VGA Graphic Adapter port. This 15-pin port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA-compatible devices.
12 - PS/2 keyboard port . This port is for a PS/2 keyboard.