ULi M1695

ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2

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Socket 939

1x AGP8x/4x
1 x PCI Express 16x
1 x PCI Express 1x
3 x PCI
upto 8 x USB 2.0

4 DIMM Slots for DDR 266/333/400 DIMM's
Max Memory size 4Gb

ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2

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Review : ASRock 939 Dual S-ATA2
Date : 14/11/05
Reviewed By : ThePanther

A budget motherboard with some good features. Not least to choice to implement either an AGP or a PCI express graphics system. Also comes with S-ATA II and support for AMD Athlon64, 64 FX and Sempron CPU's

The ASRock 939 Dual S-ATA II motherboard offers something that most other's don't in fact you might say that most other motherboard manufacturers haven't even thought about doing. That is offering a graphics system that allows you to use either a AGP system or a PCI express system. This is a lot more complicated than it sounds. But that's not for you the end user to worry about. All you have to know is that there is a motherboard out there that allows you to use either a AGP graphics card or a PCI express card. The perfect scenario would be an upgrade where you currently use an AGP card and can't afford to upgrade the graphics card at the same time. Then simply use your AGP card until you can afford to upgrade and then simply switch it for a PCI express card.

You will of heard a lot about SLI and Crossfire dual graphics card solutions. so you will probably be asking if the ASRock Dual 939 can utilize any of these systems. Well I'm afraid the answer is only slightly. You can't use SLI because its a PCI express only technology, you can't use Crossfire either because it requires ATI approved specific chipsets and also PCI express. With this motherboard you can't gain any extra graphics performance by introducing a second graphics card but you can do one thing, add extra displays to your PC. in fact if you have 2 graphics card each capable of dual displays you can have up to 4 displays on your computer.

Other features of the ASRock 939 Dual are a single PCI express 2x slot for next gen PCI express components. 3 PCI slots and 4 DIMM slots with a maximum memory capacity of 4Gb. The ASRock 939 Dual supports AMD Sempron, Athlon 64 and Athlon 64FX CPU's. For storage it comes with 2 SATA connectors and an extra S-ATA II controller as well as 2 standard IDE ports for ATA devices.

Motherboard Specifications

CPU - Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64 and Sempron processor
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0GT/s)
- Supports HyperTransport Technology
- Supports AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Chipset - Northbridge: ULi M1695
- Southbridge: ULI M1567
Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless control
- CPU Multiplier
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (BFG)
Memory - DIMM slots: 4 supported
- Max. capacity: 4GB
Expansion Slot - 1 x AGP8X/4X slot , 1.5V only
- PCI Express x16 slot
- PCI Express x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots
* Compatible ATiX300 and X300SE series cards list
Graphics - n/a
Audio  '- Realtek 850 7.1channel AC'97 audio codec
LAN - Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100 Ethernet LAN PHY
- 802.3u, WOL supported
Connector - 2 x Serial ATA connectors support RAID,0,1,JBOD
- 1 x SATA2 connector (based on PCI E SATA2 controller JMB360)
- 2 x ATA 133/100/66 IDE connectors (supports 4 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- CPU/Chassis FAN connectors
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin ATX 12V power connector
- Power LED connector
- CD audio in header 
- Front panel audio connector 
- 2 x USB 2.0 port pin headers (to support extra 4 USB2.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O  ASRock 8CH I/O
- 4 x USB2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN port
- 1 x Serial port (COM1)
- 1 x PS2 Keyboard connector
- 1 x PS2 Mouse connectors
- 1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
- 2 x Audio ports to support 8 Ch audio ( Line In/Out, Mic In)
BIOS Feature - 2Mb AMI BIOS with ACPI, SM BIOS 3.0, PnP
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, Antivirus Software
- SATA driver and utility
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 1 x Serial ATA data cable
- 1 x Serial ATA 1-to-1 power cable
Form Factor ATX, 305mm x 244mm
Certifications FCC, CE, MS WHQL

Specifications may change with different board revisions

Useful Links

BIOS update, software and the manual for the ASRock 939 Dual S-ATA II

BIOS Update
Driver
Manual

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