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Orion and Maia ADD2 Card May 2004

User’s Guide

Introduction

This purpose of this document is to introduce the ADD2 (Advanced Digital Display, 2

Generation) Card, its

features and its usage. The ADD2 Card has been designed to work in Intel Motherboards that have PCI-Express

slots and support SDVO (Serial Digital Video Output) technology. It will not work on motherboards or systems that

support earlier DVO-based ADD (AGP Digital Display) Cards.

SDVO-based systems have 2 different layout options: non lane-reversed and lane-reversed, which require

separate ADD2 Card layout. The Orion ADD2-N (non lane-reversed) and Maia ADD2-R (lane reversed) cards

were designed for this requirement. They can be easily distinguished from their color code: ADD2-N is color

coded BLUE (see Figure 1) and ADD2-R is color coded RED (see Figure 2). Both cards have been designed to

meet the DVI (Digital Visual Interface) 1.0 standard.

Figure 1. Orion ADD2-N Card - Blue

Figure 2. Maia ADD2-R Card - Red

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Silicon Image Maia - Introduction; Figure 1. Orion ADD2-N Card - Blue; Figure 2. Maia ADD2-R Card - Red