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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN (Optional)
• Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Controller for PCI Express
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Applications
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
The onboard LAN controller provides the following features:
• Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller for PCI Express
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Applications
• Integrated 10/100 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
1394a FireWire (Optional)
• Compliant with single chip hostcontroller for IEEE Std 1394-1995 and IEEE
1394a-2000
• Integrated 400 Mbit 2-Port PHY for the PCI BUS
• 3.3V Power Supply with 5V Tolerant Inputs
• One PCI Express slot for Graphic Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Expansion Options
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
with out prior notice.
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port (optional)
• One parallel port (optional)
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One 1394 port (optional)
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and 8-ch High Definition Audio output
Integrated I/O
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memroy timing
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following