Like the other personal computers made by eMachines, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based computer technology company Acer Inc., the w3050 is a desktop PC designed for budget-oriented customers. The motherboard of this particular computer is called the FIC K7MNF-64: a product of First International Computer, Inc., another Taiwan-based computer technology manufacturer.
Size and Processor Support
The FIC K7MNF-64 uses the Micro Advanced Technology Extended, or microATX, motherboard form factor, which has a maximum size of 9.6 square inches, or 244 square millimeters. With the Socket A, or Socket 462, the motherboard is designed to accommodate some of the Athlon XP, Sempron and Duron processor (or central processing unit) brands of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices. The CPUs must have a data transmission speed within a 266/333/400-MHz range.
Memory Support
The eMachines w3050 motherboard has two 184-pin dual inline memory module slots, which are based on Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory architecture (DDR SDRAM) and can support up to 2GB of RAM. The memory access speed is set at 266, 333 or 400MHz.
Expansion Ports and Audio/Video
Besides the two DIMM slots for the eMachine w3050's system memory, the K7MNF-64 has three Peripheral Component Interconnect slots for expansion cards. Although the motherboard provides the desktop PC's video and graphics via the integrated Nvidia nForce2 chipset, it also offers Accelerated Graphics Port, which allows the user to insert a more powerful and dedicated video/graphics processing unit and has 4x and 8x speed choices. Also included is a Realtek ALC655 sound driver, which adheres to semiconductor company Intel Corp.'s Audio Codec '97 standard.
Connectivity
Integrated into the eMachines w3050 motherboard is a 10/100 Ethernet controller, which means that the computer can perform wired networking at a peak data transmission speed of 100 megabits per second. In addition to the RJ-45 jack that comes with the Ethernet, the K7MNF-64 has two Integrated Drive Electronics interfaces, one floppy drive controller, two PS/2 and eight USB ports, 9-pin serial and 25-pin parallel ports, and three audio jacks.
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