Tul AX480A-GF (ATI Xpress 200P)
Tul AX480A-GF Layout
The board's design in many ways resembles the PCB design of
boards built on VIA chipsets. The ATI Xpress200 chipset is of dual-chip
architecture, with separation into the north and south bridges. In the
north bridge, there is the PCI Express bus controller (since the memory
controller is integrated into the processor core), with the expansion
options gathered in the south bridge.
The north bridge is of relatively small dimensions and has a
respective radiator (which doesn't heat up much).
The board offers 2 power connectors: the main 24-pin connector
(on the bottom end of the board), and the additional 4-pin one (in the
upper right-hand corner of the board). While connecting the power
supply cables is not an issue for the assembly operator, you'd have to
be very careful while installing memory modules since the latches of
DIMM slots are blocked by a video card.
There are four DIMM slots on the board, and the maximum memory
capacity makes up 4 GB. Note that the board uses a red LED which lights
up only once voltage is applied to the board (near the PCI2 slot). The
scheme for setting the modules to the dual-channel mode is as follows:
the DIMM slots related to one channel are of the same color. Therefore,
to achieve maximum performance the memory modules should be installed
into slots of different color.
Near the DIMM slots, there is a 3-pin connector for plugging
in a processor cooler. Besides it, there is one more 3-pin connector
(near the SATA connectors), as well as 2-pin connector near the north
bridge.
As regards the processor socket, it is fully standard. On the
reverse side of the board, there is a metal plate to prevent the board
from bending while a cooler is installed.
Then, there is a PCI Express x16 slot onboard.
Besides it, Tul AX480A-GF uses two PCI and three PCI Express
x1 slots:
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