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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/
100/66/33 Mb/s.
:
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
Integrated I/O
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One parallel port
• One serial port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out
BIOS Firmware
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
• 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u fast Ethernrt transceiver
• Low-power mode
• MII and 7-wire serial interface
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
The motherboard uses Phoenix-Award Workstation BIOS that enables users to
configure many system features including the following:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 to 50
°C.