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Memory
The mainboard accommodates the following
memory configurations:
• DDR (Double Data Rate) 200/266 SDRAM up to
2 GB using two 2.5V unbuffered DIMM modules
• PC100/PC133 SDRAM up to 2 GB using two
3.3V unbuffered DIMM modules
AC 97 Audio
Codec
The AC 97 Audio codec is compliant with the AC
97 2.1 specification, and supports 18-bit ADC
(Analog Digital Converter) and DAC (Digital
Analog Converter) resolution as well as 18-bit
stereo full-duplex codec with independent and
variable sampling rates. Further features include
support for four analog line-level stereo inputs.
Expansion
Options
The mainboard comes with the following expan-
sion options:
• Five 32-bit PCI slots
• An 4xAGP slot
• A Communications Network Riser (CNR) slot
• Two IDE channels and a floppy disk drive in-
terface
The MS8137C supports Ultra DMA bus mastering
with transfer rates of 33/66/100 MB/sec.
Integrated I/O
The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and con-
nectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• Two serial ports
• One parallel port
• One MIDI/game port
• Six USB ports
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-
out
BIOS
Firmware
This mainboard uses Award BIOS that enables
users to configure many system features 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.
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