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Introducing the Motherboard
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/
100/66/33 MB/s.
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One VGA port
• One DVI port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
Onboard LAN
• PCI Express base 1.1 compliant
• Compliant with IEEE 802.3u specification for 1000 Mbps Ethernet
(optional 10/100 Ethernet only available)
• IEEE 802.3x compliant flow control support
• IEEE 802.3ab Auto-Negotiation support
BIOS Firmware
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
The motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50 °C.