Motherboard description

• Motherboard manufacturer's name: ECS MCP61PM-HM
• HP/Compaq name: Nettle2-GL8E

CPU/Processor

• Socket: AM2
• Supports the following processors:
  • Athlon 64 X2 with Dual Core technology up to 5600+ (up to 89 watt)
  • Athlon 64 less than 4000+
  • Sempron less than 3800+

Front-side bus (FSB)

• 2000MT/s (2.0 GT/s)

Chipset

• NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

BIOS features

• System BIOS core brand: Award
• Keyboard combination to used to enter BIOS: F10

Form factor

• Micro-ATX: 9.6 in X 9.6 in

Memory

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
• Supported DIMM types:
  • PC2-4200 (533 MHz)
  • PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
  • PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
• Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
• Supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
• Supports up to 8 GB on 64 bit PCs
• Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs

NOTE: *Actual available memory may be less.

Expansion slots

• Two PCI
• One PCI Express x16 graphics (for a graphics card)
• One PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner)

Video graphics

• Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 6150SE
• Uses up to 256MB of PC memory (with 512MB or more total PC memory)
• Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards*

NOTE: *Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

Parallel ATA

• One 40-pin UltraDMA 100/66/33 connector
• Supports PIO, multi-word DMA modes
• Supports two PATA disk drives on one PATA ribbon cable (two drives total)

Serial ATA

• Four SATA connectors:
  • SATA1 = Black
  • SATA2 = White
  • SATA3 = Blue
  • SATA4 = Yellow

• Supports 1 SATA-150 or SATA-300 disk drive on each SATA connector
• Speed up to 1.5Gb/sec or 3.0Gb/sec, complying with SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 specifications

NOTE: The faster rate of 3.0Gb/sec requires that both the hard drive and the motherboard support it. If one or the other does not support 3.0 Gb/sec, the PC negotiates down to the slower 1.5 Gb/sec.

RAID

• Some Nettle2 models ship with RAID (model dependent)
• nVidia's onboard RAID solution is called nVidia MediaShield Storage
• RAID modes supported*:
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1

NOTE: RAID 5 and 10 are not supported by this motherboard.

Onboard audio

• 8 channel high-definition audio
• Audio CODEC: ALC888S

Onboard LAN

• PCI Realtek RTL8201N 10/100Mbps

Onboard USB

• USB 2.0
• Ten ports total
  • Four connectors on back panel
  • Four headers on motherboard support 6 additional ports/devices

NOTE: Some USB ports may not be available externally for customer use. For more information, see model specifications.

Onboard 1394

• Type: IEEE 1394a 400Mb/s
• VIA VT6307 controller chip
• Two ports total
• One port on back panel
• One header on motherboard supporting one additional port/device

Back panel I/0

• One PS/2 mouse port (green)
• One PS/2 keyboard port (purple)
• One Coaxial SPDIF out port
• One VGA port
• Four USB 2.0
• One IEEE 1394a
• One RJ-45 networking port
• Six audio ports support 8-channel audio:
  • Line-in (light blue)
  • Microphone-in (pink)
  • Line-out (lime)
  • Center/Subwoofer-out (yellow-orange)
  • Side speaker-out (gray)
  • Rear speaker-out (black)

Internal connectors

• One 24-pin ATX power connector
• One 4-pin ATX power connector
• One PATA connector
• Four SATA connectors
• One floppy drive connector
• Two 12v fan connectors for CPU fan and PC fan
• One 9-pin header for power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED
• One SPDIF digital audio output header
• One front line input connector (interrupts line input on back panel, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
• One 9-pin audio header for headphone-out and microphone-in (yellow, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
• Four USB headers supporting 6 additional USB 2.0 ports or devices
• One 1394a header
• One Intel high-definition Audio/Modem Link (not used by HP)
• One jumper for resetting BIOS settings
• One jumper to disable BIOS password checking