EPoX AF570+ Ultra nForce 570 Motherboard Review :: Epox AF570+ Ultra Key Features

Epox EP-AF570+ Ultra Spec Sheet
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Part Number	EP-AF570+ Ultra
Manufacturer	Epox
Price Check	Find Best Price
Downloads	BIOS Drivers Manuals
Chipset	Nvidia nForce 570
North Bridge	Nvidia nForce 570
Socket	Socket AM2 (940)
Processor Types	Athlon 64X2, Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64, Sempron
Number of CPUs	1
Front Side Bus	2000/1600 MT/s
Memory Type	DDR2
Memory Channels	Dual
Maximum Memory	16GB
External Graphics	PCI Express x16
IGP	None
South Bridge	Nvidia nForce 570 MCP
Audio	8-channel
IDE	133/100/66/33
SCSI	None
SATA	3.0 GB/s
RAID	0, 1, 0+1, 5
LAN	10/100/1000 x2
Firewire	None
USB	USB 2.0
Expansion Slots
BIOS	AWARD
Form Factor	ATX

• nForce 5series MCP
• Socket AM2
• PowerBIOS
• EZ Boot
• Magic Health
• Magic Flash
• EZ-Button
• CoolnQuiet
• Post L:ED
• Thermo Stick
• LEDION

The nForce 570 Ultra MCP is NVIDIA's mainstream Southbridge and is a one chip solution. EPoX put a long heatsink on the MCP with a small fan covering it to cool it. The nForce 570 supports up to 6 SATA devices natively. The board contains six Serial ATA ports under the MCP chip. RAID 0, 1, 5 and 0+1 modes are supported by NVIDIA's MediaShield application. MediaShield controls the hard disk partitions in whatever array is desired.

MediaShield

6 SATA ports

nForce 570 Ultra MCP

EPoX is known for their extra features. The key features include Magic Health, the system health monitoring application. The boot up screen shows the temperatures, fan speeds and voltages at boot of the CPU, memory and video cards. This gives you a cue as to where potential problems might arise on the board.

Magic Flash is the BIOS update utility. With the AF570+ you can recover the BIOS from either the Driver CD or a backup copy on a floppy disk. Ghost BIOS is EPoX's codename for their corrupted BIOS recovery utility. Magic Screen allows you to change the boot up screen with a personalized screen.

LED

LEDION are three sets of LED lights that indicate whether the CPU, the video card and the Memory are operating properly. If they are within normal parameters the light is bright blue. If not, then the likely issue is there. There is a LED readout on the back of the board that indicates the current CPU temperature in Celsius. Below that LED are the EZ buttons for the Power On and Reset functions.

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