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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphic Interface
• Two PCI Express slots
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• Five SATA connectors
Expansion Options
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• Two LAN ports
• One VGA port
• One HDMI port
• One DVI port
• One CLR_CMOS button
• One Display port
• One eSATA port
• Four USB 2.0 ports
• Two USB 3.0 ports* (Compatible with USB 2.0)
• One optical SPDIFO port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch line-out
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
• Graphic parameters
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be operated
in the ambiance between 0 and 50
°C.
Giga LAN
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
*The USB 3.0 connectors are optimized for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices,
aslo are fully backwards-compatible with Hi-Speed USB 2.0 devices.