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Introducing the Motherboard
This motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/
100/66/33 MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Expansion Options
• One PCI Express x16 for Graphic Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One 40-pin IDE connector supporting up to 2 IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One parallel port (optional)
• One DVI port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port (optional)
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitatioan, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50°C.
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AWARD BIOS that enables users to configure many
system features including the following:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
• Supports 10/100 Mb/s N-Way Auto negotiation operation
• Half/Full duplex capacity
• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function and remote wake-up
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Supports PCI v2.3, 32-bit, 33/66 MHz
• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function and remote wake-up
Onboard LAN (Optional)
The onboard LAN controller provides the following features: