Asrock A330ION Motherboard

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Published: March 21, 2010
Author: Amber Lupala
Editor: Amber Lupala
Provider: Asrock

A330ION Features

Today we are taking a look at a mini ITX motherboard from Asrock with the latest Intel Atom processor, integrated Nvidia videocard, HDMI and Full HD support. How well does it perform? Lets find out what we can push out of this mini ITX board.

About Asrock:

Check out their website, www.asrock.com/general/about.asp

Specifications:

General
CPU - Intel® Dual-Core Atom™ Processor 330 (1.6 GHz)
- Supports FSB533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T
Chipset - NVIDIA® MCP7A-ION
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 4GB*

*Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® OS.
BIOS - 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- VCCM Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Supports Smart BIOS
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 9 Series
- DX10 VGA, Pixel Shader 4.0
- Max. shared memory 512MB
- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 (1080P)
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560×1600 @ 75Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1440 @ 75Hz
- Supports HDCP function
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio (VIA® VT2020 Audio Codec)
LAN - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Giga PHY RTL8211CL
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions*
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

*Please noted that AHCI/RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP/XP 64bit OS.
Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 2 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connectors
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock OC DNA
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Good Night LED
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB) (OEM and Trial Version)
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 1 x Bundled Intel® Dual-Core Atom™ Processor 330
- 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable (optional)
Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL
- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)

The Product:

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The motherboard comes packed in this nice little blie box with the boards main features on the back of it.

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