Biostar NF61S Micro AM2 SE Product Details

Biostar NF61S Micro AM2 SE Socket AM2 Motherboard.
|This new Socket AM2 uATX board provides a superb platform for a swift, powerful system capable of great gaming, multimedia and professional applications. Based on the NVIDIA MCP61S (Geforce 6100/nForc 405) chipset, the Biostar NF61S Micro AM2 SE offers outstanding performance when combined with AMD’s Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64 and Sempron processors with HyperTransport technology. This versatile motherboard supports DDR2 SDRAM memory up to 2GB, PCI-E x1 and x16, SATA (RAID 0/1), NVIDIA Geforce 6100 video GPU, 6-channel HD audio, 10/100 LAN and USB 2.0 and S/PDIF. Exclusive Biostar technologies include Flasher, 9th Touch, WarpSpeeder, BootBlocker, WatchDog and Winflasher. This outstanding, economy-priced board comes complete with SATA, HDD and FDD cables, as well as Real I/O panel for an ATX case and user manual.



A Closer Look

Socket
This motherboard features a Socket AM2
design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.

Chipset
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE motherboard is based on the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Northbridge chipset and the NVIDIA nForce 405 Southbridge chipset. It supports AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 and Sempron Processors, with Hyper-Transport Technology and 1000MHz (2000 MT/s) Front Side Bus support.

Memory Expansion
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE provides 2 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 240-pin DDR2 with a total capacity of up to 2GB-32bit. You can install DDR2 533/667/800MHz Memory.

PCI Express Support
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high-speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications.

IDE
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133.
Audio
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE comes with a Realtek ALC861VD audio codec which supports high quality 8-channel audio.

Serial ATA RAID Support
The NF61S Micro AM2 SE supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA interfaces. Doubles bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, up to 3.0Gb/s, with RAID 0, 1 solutions.


What's Included


  • Biostar NF61S-SE NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard
  • User's Manual
  • Drivers CD
  • SATA Cable
  • IDE Cable
  • FDD Cable
  • I/O Back Panel Shield

Specifications

Motherboard Specifications
Processor Interface Socket AM2
Form Factor ATX
Processors Supported AMD Athlon 64
  AMD Sempron
  AMD Athlon 64 X2
Additional Technologies HyperTransport Technology
  Vista Ready
  AMD Cool 'n' Quiet
Front Side Bus 1000MHz (2000 MT/s)
Chipset
Northbridge nVIDIA GeForce 6100
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 405
Memory
Memory Supported 533MHz DDR2
  667MHz DDR2
  800MHz DDR2
Number of Pins 240-Pin
Maximum Memory Supported 2GB
Number of Slots 2
Audio
Channels 6 Channels
Audio Chipset Realtek ALC861VD
Video
Video Chipset GeForce 6100
Video Memory 256MB Shared Memory
LAN
LAN Type 10/100 Mbps
I/O Ports
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors 1
PS/2 Mouse Connectors 1
Parallel Ports 1
USB Ports (Total) 8
LAN Ports 1
Audio Out Jacks 1
IDE Headers 1
FDD Headers 1
Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Headers 2
ATX Power Connectors 1 24-Pin Connector
PC Power Connectors 1 - 4 Pin
Fan Connectors 1 x CPU
  1 x Chassis
VGA Ports 1
Expansion Slots
PCI Slots 2
PCI Express X1 Slots 1
PCI Express X16 Slots 1
Dimensions
Length 8.189 in. (20.80 cm)
Width 9.600 in. (24.5 cm)

Customer Reviews

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Reviewer:
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Date:
Nov 21, 2007

Very good board

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Reviewer:
Dog
Date:
Apr 26, 2007

VERY fast, cool, & stable board. Vista installs w/o a hitch. Works *great* with SATA1 drives. Sadly, (as of the date of this review) BioStar tries to imply PCIe 16x in its specs when in fact it is only 8x (Note: NF61S=8x NF61V=1x according to BioStar tech support). Why they don't just say 8x on their site is rather dubious IMO. Also, SATA2 drives seem to perform very poorly with this board (with latest BIOS & various drivers as of this date). SATA1 drive tested at 142/150! SATA2 drive couldn't muster more than 72/300. Both drives were used in a previous system w/o issue. If you're fine with PCIe 8x and only have SATA1 drives, this is truly an awesome board. However, for only a few bucks more you can get true PCIe 16x, 2 PATA, and more USB ports from other mfgs. Don't take only my word for it, though. I can offer only my single experience. If you think it's for you, research it further.

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