A later refresh of the chipset had the USB problem remedied. Manufacturers included PCI USB cards to cover this shortcoming.
Most initial boards shipped without USB headers due to a fault with the integrated USB controller. Irongate chipset family early steppings had issues with AGP 2× drivers often limited support to AGP 1× later fixed with 'super bypass' memory access adjustment. Northbridges AMD-xxx ModelĪMD licensed VIA Technologies' Apollo VP2/97 AMD Chipset logo, in use from around 2000 till 2011.
