Sound System
♦ Meets PC98 audio specification
♦ Full duplex playback and recording with built-in 16-bit
CODEC
♦ HRTF 3D professional audio supports both Direct Sound
3D® and A3D® compatible interface plus support for 4-
channel speakers
♦ Drivers support DOS/Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0
♦ Built-in 32 ohm earphone buffer and 3D surround
♦ Provides MPU-401 Game/MIDI port and legacy Sound
Blaster 16 support
♦ Downloadable Wave-table Synthesizer supports Direct
Music®
♦ Optional Digital Audio Interface (SPDIF In/Out) with 24-
bit stereo, 44KHz sampling rate and measured 120dB
audio quality
♦ Optional optic fibre interface which enables communication
with MiniDisk or high-end audio systems
♦ Stereo Mixer supports analog mixing from CD-Audio,
Line-In, and digital mixing from voice, FM/Wave-table and
digital CD-Audio
Onboard I/O Ports
♦ Floppy disk drive port with 1Mb/s transfer rate
♦ Two serial ports with 16550-compatible fast UART
♦ One parallel port with support for ECP and EPP
♦ Two USB ports, one PS/2 mouse port and one infrared port
(optional)
Hardware Monitoring
♦ Built-in hardware monitoring for CPU/system temperatures,
fan speeds and mainboard voltages
♦ Supports AMI’s Desktop Client Manager (ADCM)