Specification

	EQS A58XK9-ALF
CPU Support	All AMD Socket 939 processors
Northbridge	ATI Radeon Xpress 200P (RX480)
Memory Support	4 slots, DDR, 4GB max, dual-channel
AGP	None
PEG16X	One PEG 16x slot
Southbridge	ATI IXP400
Audio	Realtek ALC655
Audio Connectivity	6 channel backplane speaker, S/PDIF output, 1x speaker, 1x line-in, 1x mic-in
PCI Conventional	5 x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.3 slots
PCI Express	1x PCI Express 1x slot
IDE	2x ATA133 compliant port from IXP400
IDE RAID	None
SATA	4x SATA-150 ports from IXP400
SATA RAID	RAID 0/1 from IXP400, RAID 0+1 via Silicon Image device
Networking	Realtek RTL8100C Ethernet Controller, 10/100Mbit
USB	IXP400, 4 x backplane USB2.0, 4 x I/O USB2.0
FireWire	VIA VT6307 FireWire 400, 2 x backplane Firewire, 1 x I/O Firewire
Other I/O	PS/2, Parallel, 1x Serial (via cable)

All in all, a very standard specification on show here, basically offering everything available on ATI's IXP400 southbridge - No more, no less. Of course, this means the presence of up to eight USB 2.0 ports and four SATA devices, which should be plenty for most users. The only real addition to the reference feature set is the addition of RAID 0+1 functionality for those that require it, courtesy of a Silicon Image 3112a controller. Outside of the southbridge, we find sound provided by Realtek's ALC655 chip, three Firewire ports from Via's VT6307 chip, and basic 10/100Mbit networking capabilities - No Gigabit Ethernet here, although of course this is still no issue to the majority of people.

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