Chapter 1 21
Audio Interface
1394 Interface
Hardware Monitor Function
Item Description
Chip Realtek ALC888 (high definition audio)
Feature • High-performance DACs with 95dB SNR (A-Weighting), ADCs with 85dB
SNR (A-Weighting)
• Meets performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems and
Microsoft WLP 2.x
• Ten DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format, for 7.1 sound
playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output through the
front panel output.
• 2 stereo ADCs support 16/20/24-bit PCM format, one for stereo
microphone, one for legacy mixer recording.
• All DACs supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192kHz sample rate
• All ADCs support 44.1K/48K/96K sample rate
• 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192kHz sample rate
• 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-IN supports 44.1K/48K/96K sample rate
Item Description
Chip TSB43AB23PDTG4
Feature • Compliant with the IEEE 1394-1995 Release 1.0 and support IEEE 1394a
P2000 specifications with full 1394a P2000
• Compliant with the PCI V2.2 specification and card bus interfaces support
• Three 1394a ports enable connections at 100/200/400Mbps
• Equipped with an OHCI compliant programming interface and I
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EEPROMs or four-wire serial ROMs
Item Description
Feature • Built-in 8-bit Analog to Digital Converter
• 3 thermal inputs from remote thermal resistor or thermal diode or diode-
connected transistor
• Provides VID0-VID7 support for CPU Vcore identification
• 8 voltage monitor inputs (VBAT is measured internally)
• Watch dog comparison of all monitored values