Chapter 1: Introduction
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Audio
One (1) High Denition Audio 7.1 channel connector
supported by Realtek ALC1150 on the back panel
One (1) Front Panel Audio Header
One (1) SPDIF Out on the rear side of the chassis
Super I/O
Nuvoton NCT6776D
BIOS
128 Mb AMI BIOS
®
SPI Flash BIOS
Plug and Play (PnP0, DMI 2.8, PCI 2.3, ACPI
1.0/2.0/3.0, and USB Keyboard
Power Configuration
ACPI/ASPM Power Management
Main Switch Override Mechanism
Internal/External Modem Ring-On
Power-on mode for AC power recovery
Health Monitoring CPU Monitoring
Onboard voltage monitors for +1.8V, +12V, +3.3V,
+5V, +5V Standby
CPU 6-phase switching voltage regulator
CPU/System overheat LED and control
CPU Thermal Trip support
Thermal Monitor support
Fan Control
Fan status monitoring with rmware 4-pin fan
speed control
Low noise fan speed control
System Management
PECI (Platform Environment Conguration Inter-
face) 2.0 support
System resource alert via SuperDoctor
®
III
SuperDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI
Chassis Intrusion header and detection
CD Utilities
BIOS ash upgrade utility
Drivers and software for Intel® Z97 Express chip-
set utilities
Other
ROHS 6/6 (Full Compliance, Lead Free)
Dimensions
ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6") (304.8 mm x
243.84 mm)