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Introducing the Motherboard
• Content Protection for Full Rate loss-less DVD Audio, Blue-Ray
DVD and HD-DVD audio content playback (with selected versions
of Win-DVD/PowerDVD/TMT)
• Direct Sound 3D. compatible
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for Graphic Interface (x16) or (x8, x8)
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v3.0 compliant slots
• four SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors and four SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors
Expansion Options
Dual Giga LAN:Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• One CLR_COMS button
• Two LAN ports
• Eight USB 2.0 ports
• Two USB 3.0 ports
• Two eSATA ports
• One coaxial 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
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.