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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Expansion Options
• One HDMI port
• One VGA port
• Six USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch High Definition Audio
output
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
Onboard LAN
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
speeds.
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/
100/66/33 Mb/s.
Audio
• 8 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• All DACs support 192K/96K/48K/44.1KHz DAC sample rate
• High-quality analog differential CD input
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.08 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50 °C.
• One PCI Express x 16 slot for Graphic Interface
• Two PCI Express x1 Slots
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot•
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps IEEE 802.3 compliant