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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express Gen 2 x16 slot for Graphic interface
• One PCI Express Gen 2 x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.2 compliant slots
• four SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors and two SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors
Expansion Options
Onboard LAN
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• One PS/2 Keyboard and one PS/2 Mouse connectors
• One Giga LAN port (10/100M LAN port optional)
• Four USB 2.0 ports
• Two USB 3.0 ports (USB 3.0 optional & compatible with USB 2.0)
• One D-sub (VGA) port
• One DVI Port (HDMI Port Optional)
• One Audio port with 5 audio jacks (Line in, microphone in, line out)and
1 optical SPDIF out
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
• Graphic parameters
BIOS Firmware
This 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 operated
in the ambiance between 0 and 50 °C.
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support