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Chaintech 6ESA Revision 1.0

Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:

Slot 1

Front Side Bus speed: 60/66 MHz
Supported architectures:

Intel Celeron Covington
Intel Celeron Mendocino
Intel Pentium II Deschutes
Intel Pentium II Klamath

Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.
Supports external cache up to 512 kB

System memory

Type: SDRAM 66
2x 168-pin DIMM

Max supported: 256.00 MB

Platform

Northbridge/MCH: Intel 440EX
Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: Intel PIIX4E
SuperIO: ITE IT8671F-A
ESS ES1938S audio IC over AC97 bus

Power supply

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

Expansion slots

AGP 1.0 2x slot with 3.3 V keying
2 PCI slots
2 16-bit ISA slots

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 mouse+keyboard combo
2x USB 1.1 (15 Mb/s)
2x DE-9 serial
1x DB-25 parallel
Audio connectors: Line out, Line in, Microphone in
MIDI/game port

Internal I/O headers

Audio headers: CD in
SB-Link header
Wake-on-LAN
IrDA header

Storage

2 IDE channels, up to 33 MB/s
Floppy connector, up to 1 drive

Circuit board

Micro ATX form factor
PCB manufactured in the year 1998

Notes

Credit for Sebastian for providing the manual.

Gallery

Attachments

Documentation

Official User's manual [PDF, 1.21 MB]

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Chaintech 6ESA Revision 1.0

Specifications

CPU support

System memory

Platform

Power supply

Expansion slots

Rear I/O ports

Internal I/O headers

Storage

Circuit board

Notes

Gallery

Attachments

Documentation

Disclaimer

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