Worldwide first Windows^® Vista™ Premium/Basic Logo Hardware Ready motherboards are born! 775Dual-VSTA

Supporting Dual Core Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe) CPU, Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo H/W Ready, 775Dual-VSTA even supports FSB1066, Dual Channel DDRII and DDR memory design, AGP and PCI Express Graphics VGA card compatible, 7.1 High Definition Audio, HDMI_SPDIF header and many other excellent features……ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

June 1^st, 2006, Taipei

Ahead of all our competitors, ASRock once again proven to be the pioneer in new technology again. Of all PC manufacturers, ASRock is the first one releasing Windows^® Vista™ Hardware Ready motherboard! When you are checking this news, ASRock has released a series of Windows^® Vista™ models that are Premium and Basic Logo ready.

The first Windows^® Vista™ model that I am going to introduce is 775Dual-VSTA, which based on VIA^® PT880Pro/Ultra chipset. This motherboard supports LGA775 platform for Intel^® Dual Core Pentium^® XE / Pentium^® D and Pentium^® 4 / Celeron^® D, Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe), Presler and Cedar Mill processors. The highlight of 775Dual-VSTA is its two distinguish features, Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe) and Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo Hardware Ready. Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe) is scheduled to be released soon, and as for Windows^® Vista™, is a brand new operating system following Window XP. ASRock 775Dual-VSTA is the first motherboard utilizing VIA^® PT880Pro/Ultra that supports Conroe and Windows^® Vista™, which is the pioneer in the PC industry.

eSATAII is another great feature that represents 775XFire-eSATA2+. It allows you to enjoy the SATAII function provided by the I/O of your computer, offering the high speed data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s, and the convenient mobility like USB. For detailed information about eSATAII Installation, please refer to eSATAII Installation Guide on ASRock website.

All computers that meet minimal hardware requirements will see the Windows^® Vista™ Basic user experience. Windows^® Aero is an environment with an additional level of visual sophistication for Home Premium user experience. Windows^® Vista™ Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elementsthat you can see through.

This motherboard also comes with 2 DIMM slots of dual channel DDRII667 and 2 DIMM slots of dual channel DDR400, which is really flexible. Another outstanding feature about 775Dual-880Pro is its dual support of AGP and PCI Express Graphics slot, which is practical to users having AGP card on hand, and ready to upgrade VGA to PCI Express graphics card. This motherboard also supports FSB up to 1066MHz, 2 ports of SATA 1.5Gb/s, RAID 0, 1, JBOD, 7.1 High Definition Audio.

A new feature about 775Dual-VSTA is the designed HDMI_SPDIF header onboard. If you were a die-hard fanof ASRock, you probably haven't seen this HDMI_SPDIF header before. This new header provides SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, and allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices. For installation, please check the manual.

Here are 775Dual-VSTA brief specifications:

• LGA 775 for Intel^® Dual Core Pentium^® XE and Pentium^® D / Pentium^® 4 / Celeron^® D, supporting Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe), Presler and Cedar Mill processors
• VIA^® PT880 Pro/Ultra Chipset
• Supports FSB1066/800/533MHz processor, EM64T CPU and H-T Technology
• Supports Dual Channel DDRII667 and DDR400
• Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
• 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
• 1 x AGP 8X slot
• Hybrid Booster - Safe Overclocking Technology 
• 2 x SerialATA 1.5Gb/s, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD
• HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
• 7.1 channel with High Definition Audio
• Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo Hardware Ready
• HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB2.0 ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks