Advent MC3020 PC

Motherboard Information

• Form Factor :Micro ATX , 4 layer PCB, Size: 244 x 244mm.
• CPU Support :Socket A supporting AMD Athlon series CPU. FSB (front side bus): 133 / 166 / 200 MHz.
• System Memory: 2 piece 2.5V unbuffered DDR SDRAM
• Core Logic (Chipset) :
  • KT600 North Bridge
    • High Performance and High Integration Athlon AGP 8x / DDR North Bridge with Advanced System Power Management
    • Single chip Athlon system controller with 64-bit Socket-A Athlon CPU, 64-bit 133 / 166 / 200 MHz DDR system memory, 533 MB/sec high bandwidth V-Link NB / SB, and 32-bit AGP interfaces.
    • V-Link interface to VT8237 south bridge chip that includes UltraDMA-33 / 66 / 100 / 133 EIDE, 8 USB 2.0 Ports,AC97 / MC97 link (for Audio and Modem support), LPC, SMBus, Power Management, and Keyboard / PS2-Mouse Interfaces plus RTC / CMOS on chip.
    • Separately powered 2.5V interface to system memory and 1.5V interface to AGP.
    • Modular power management and clock control for advanced system power management.
  • VT8237 Ultra V-Link Serial ATA South Bridge
    • High Bandwidth 533 MB/S 16-bit Vlink Client Controller. 16-bit 669 MHZ Vlink Client interface with total bandwidth of 1066 MB/S.
• IO Controller:
  • Dual channel Serial ATA / RAID controller.
  • Dual channel UltraDMA-33 / 66 / 100 / 133 master mode EIDE controller.
  • Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller with 1/10/100 Mbit capability
  • Integrated USB 2.0 Controller with four root hubs and eight function ports.
  • AC-link interface for AC-97 audio codec and modem codec.
  • HSP modem support.
  • Integrated DirectSound compatible digital audio controller.
  • LPC interface for Low Pin Count interface to Super-I/O or ROM.
• Audio Chipset :
  • Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller
  • AC-Link access to 4 CODECs (AC97+AMC97+MC97).
  • Multichannel audio.
  • Bus Master Scatter/Gather DMA.
  • Dedicated read and write channels supporting simultaneous stereo playback and record.
  • Dedicated read and write chnnels supporting simultaneous modem recieve and transmit.
  • 1 stereo DirectSound channel with source/volume control/mixer.
  • 1 shared FM/SPDIF PCM read channel.
  • 1 dedicated channel supporting multi-channel audio.
  • 32-byte line-bufers for each SGD channel
  • Programmable 8bit /16bit mono /stereo PCM data format support.
  • AC97 2.1 compliant.
• Video and graphics :
  • Supports 533 MHz 8x, 266 MHz 4x, and 133 MHz 2x transfer modes for AD and SBA signaling.
  • AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode.
  • Pseudo-synchronous with the host CPU bus with optimal skew control.
  • Supports SideBand Addressing (SBA) mode (non-multiplexed address / data)
  • AGP pipelined split-transaction long-burst transfers up to 1GB/sec.
  • Eight level read request queue.
  • Four level posted-write request queue.
  • Thirty-two level (quadwords) read data FIFO (256 bytes).
  • Sixteen level (quadwords) write data FIFO (128 bytes).
  • Intelligent request reordering for maximum AGP bus utilization.
  • Supports Flush/Fence commands.
  • Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART)
  • One level TLB structure.
  • Sixteen entry fully associative page table.
  • LRU replacement scheme.
  • Independent GART lookup control for host / AGP / PCI master accesses
  • Windows 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 / Windows 2000 miniport driver support.

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In the Box

Disks Supplied

• System recovery CD pack
• Microsoft Works 7
• Power DVD 5

Items Supplied

• Advent Media Center base unit
• Base unit stand
• Silver and blue USB mouse
• USB Internet Keyboard
• UK mains power cable
• UK modem cable
• S-Video to Composite cable
• Media Center Remote
• Media Center Infra red receiver

Documentation Supplied

• Quick installation guide
• Microsoft Windows XP start here guide
• Advent USB mouse notification
• Advent Recovery Notification

Recovery Disc

System recovery should only be used as a final option as it will delete all of your data. Before starting a recovery please ensure that you have attempted to resolve the issue using the other tools available such as System Restore.

To restore your Advent Media Center machine you will need the System Recovery CD set supplied with your computer.

1. Place CD 1 into the DVD drive and restart your computer.
2. Press R on the keyboard when prompted.
3. Select the Reinstall Windows option and confirm when asked to do so.
4. Replace the CD with the next one when asked to do so.
5. When recovery is complete you will be asked to remove the CD and restart the computer once more.