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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN
Audio
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133
/100/66 MB/s.
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics Interface
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• Three 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Five 7-pin SATA connectors
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• One PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 mouse
• One DVI port
• One VGA port
• One LAN port
• One eSATA port
• One optical SPDIFO port
• Six USB ports
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in, 8-channel line out and Optical
SPDIF Out
• Onboard PCI-Express LAN controller
• Supports 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet (optional 10/100 Ethernet only
available)
• Support Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up
• All DACs support 192K/96K/48K/44.1KHz DAC sample rate
• High-quality analogy differential CD input
• Software selectable 2.5V/3.75V VREFOUT
• Meets Microsoft WLP3.10 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible