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Introducing the Motherboard
Audio
This motherboard may support the following Audio chipset:
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• ADCs support 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.10 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio
requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
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.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI slots
• One PCI Express x16 slot (with x4 mode)
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
• One PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connect port
• One DVI port (optional HDMI port)
• One VGA port
• Six USB 2.0 ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
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
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following: