The Retro Web

HARDWARE ARTICLES SUPPORT US INFO
Home > Hardware > Motherboards > ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA
Entry by Jam
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA

ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA Revision 1.0

Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:
  • LGA775
Front Side Bus speed: 800/1066* MHz
Supported architectures:
  • Intel Celeron Conroe-L
  • Intel Celeron D Cedar Mill-512
  • Intel Celeron D Prescott-256
  • Intel Celeron Dual-Core Allendale
  • Intel Core2 Duo Allendale
  • Intel Core2 Duo Conroe
  • Intel Core2 Extreme Conroe XE
  • Intel Core2 Extreme Kentsfield XE
  • Intel Core2 Quad Kentsfield
  • Intel Pentium 4 Cedar Mill
  • Intel Pentium 4 Prescott
  • Intel Pentium 4 Prescott-2M
  • Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Prescott-2M
  • Intel Pentium D Presler
  • Intel Pentium D Smithfield
  • Intel Pentium Dual-Core Allendale
  • Intel Pentium Extreme Edition Smithfield XE
Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.
Chipset does not have official support for 1066MT/s FSB, and therefore some boards may have trouble running at 1066 reliably.

System memory

  • Type: DDR2 533/667
    2 memory channels on 2x 240-pin DIMM
  • Type: DDR 266/333/400 MHz
    2 memory channels on 2x 184-pin DIMM
Max supported: 2.00 GB
Will work with more memory with custom BIOS.

Platform

Northbridge/MCH: VIA PT880 Ultra
Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: VIA VT8237A
SuperIO: Winbond W83697HF
Realtek ALC888 audio IC over HD Audio bus
Integrated VIA MAC + VIA VT6103 PHY for 100M operation
4 Mbit LPC BIOS ROM

Power supply

Main board power: 20-pin ATX
CPU power: 4-pin P4
2 3-pin DC fan headers

Expansion slots

AGP 3.0 8x slot with 1.5 V keying
PCI-e 1.1 16X runs at 4X speed.
4 PCI slots
1 PCIe x16 slot

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
4x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
1x DE-9 serial
1x DB-25 parallel
1x RJ-45
Audio connectors: Line out, Line in, Microphone in

Internal I/O headers

4x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
Audio headers: CD in
Header for front HD Audio
Wake-on-LAN
IrDA header

Storage

2 IDE channels, up to 133 MB/s
2 SATA-I (1.5 Gb/s) ports
SATA RAID supported
Floppy connector, up to 1 drive

Circuit board

ATX form factor
PCB manufactured in the year 2008

Notes

775Dual-880Pro with revised PCB, including a Core 2-compatible VRM.

Gallery

Top Picture

Attachments

Documentation

All files are checked before upload to make sure no harmful software is included. If your antivirus software gets triggered, it's most likely a false positive.

Disclaimer

The info you find here might not be 100% correct. This is due to a couple of reasons:
  • I'm an idiot and I misread/misspelled something
  • I have a different board revision from yours
  • The production date/plant is different and they might have used slightly different components
Feel free to improve the quality and quantity of this database by contributing with your entries. Use the contact links in the footer to get in touch.

Share this board

Latest motherboards

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR
Intel P45/Intel ICH10R motherboard for LGA775 CPUs.

DFI CA64-EC
VIA VT82C694X/VIA VT82C686B motherboard for PGA370 CPUs.

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4
Intel X58/Intel ICH10R motherboard for LGA1366 CPUs.
See more hardware

Latest articles

So... you want to build a Windows 98 retro PC?
By realismbro285, published 2021-05-20

A few notes on the hardware database
By bobosG, published 2021-04-19

Adding "Gaming" to the retro with a UT'99, Quake III Arena and Doom server
By Zago, published 2020-11-07
Read more articles

Links

Support us!
Articles
Articles feed
Hardware
Contacts
GitHub issue tracker

Info

Hosted on DigitalOcean servers.
Icons by Font Awesome.
Fonts by Google Fonts.
Search powered by Google.
Layout and CMS handmade by yours truly Zago on a broken Etch-A-Sketch, Copypaste 2020-2022 All wrongs reversed.
Our works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.