ECS P6SSM Motherboard

Introduction

Choosing a mainboard today can be a very daunting task. Be it Intel or AMD, the choices of boards offered are extremely vast. However most of these boards offered share one common feature; they cater mainly to the performance seeking users. Most of the time manufactures tend to ignore the budget conscious consumer. Not everybody looks for a board boasting all those creamy features offered by these high-end mainboards; what most people look for is a board which is cheap with decent performance and one that requires the least amount of peripherals to get you started. Thanks to Elite Computer Systems (ECS), the budget conscious user has not been forgotten.

Today we bring to you the ECS P6SSM Micro-ATX mainboard. At the initial outlook the P6SSM is a socket 370 board, and boasts an array of features from on-board video, on-board sound, to networking capabilities as well. The board also includes an Integrated 56K V.90 Modem, which goes onto show that the P6SSM is simply one of the best cost effective boards around in the market right now.


Specifications

CPUs Supported Socket 370 Compatible Intel Pentium 3/Celeron-II/CeleronVIA Cyrix III
Bus Speeds 66, 100,112, 133MHz
CPU voltage settings Auto-Detect
System Memory 2 168-pin DIMM sockets supporting PC100/PC133 SDRAM, 1GB max. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB)
Expansion Slots 1 AGP 2x, 3 PCI
Internal/External I/O

Integrated SiS 300/301 AGP 2D/3D

  • 270MHz Programmable 24-bit RAMDAC
  • 64MB Maximum Shared Memory
  • 1600×1200 Max Resolution
  • Advanced 3D Rendering Engine Hardware DVD Accelerator
  • DirectX 7/8 and OpenGL Drivers
  • 1 AGP 2.0 Connector
  • 4x Transfers
  • Side-Band Addressing Support
  • Fast Write Transaction Support
  • 100/133MHz FSB Compatible

Integrated IDE Support

  • ATA/100 Compatible
  • PCI Bus Mastering
  • Dedicated PCI to IDE Bus
  • 4 Drive Maximum

Integrated PCI Audio

  • 3D Sound Acceleration
  • AC ’97 Compliant
  • SoundBlaster Pro/16 Compatible
  • DirectSound3D Drivers

Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Controller
(Requires LAN Header Riser Adapter)

  • PNP Compatible
  • 32-bit PCI Bus Mastering
  • IEEE 802.3 and 802.3µ Compatible
  • 25MHz Clock for 10/100MBps Operation

Integrated 56K V.90 Modem
(Requires Optional DAA Header Card)

  • HSP PCI Modem
  • Full Duplex
  • AC ’97-Modem Compliant

 

  • Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB and mode 3 floppies
  • Two 16550 fast UART serial ports
  • Built-in Standard/ECP/EPP parallel port
  • PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
  • IrDA Infrared port header (not external)
Miscellaneous
  • SiS 630S chipset
  • ACPI 1.0/APM 1.2 Power Management
  • PCI Power Management Version 1.0
  • Year 2000 compliant
  • Meets PC’99A Requirements
  • Motherboard temp, CPU temp, system and CPU fan speed, and voltages monitoring
Form Factor MicroATX: 210mm x 244mm (8.27″ x 9.6″)

 

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