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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI slots at 33 MHz
• Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors/Four 7-pin SATA connectors (Optional)
Onboard LAN (optional)
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
• 10/100 Mbps N-way Auto-negotiation operation
• Half/Full duplex capability
• Supports Wake-On-LAN(WOL) function and remote wake-up
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• PCI v2.3, 32-bit, 33/66 MHz
• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE802.3u and IEEE802.3ab
BIOS Firmware
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
Integrated I/O
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66
MB/s.
Expansion Options
• 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u fast Ethernet transceiver
• MII and 7-wire SNI (Serial Network Interface)
• Integrated voltage regulator to allow operation from a single 3.3/2.5V
supply source
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One parallel port
• Four USB ports
• One VGA port
• One LAN port (optional)
• One IEEE 1394 port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard uses AWARD BIOS that enables users to configure many system fea-
tures including the following:
• 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.