SOYO SY-K7VTA MOTHERBOARD SY-K7VTA User Manual page 18

Motherboard Description
software can run transparently in non-USB-aware operating system
environment.
3) Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support.
4) Real Time Clock with 256 byte extended CMOS. In addition to the
standard ISA RTC functionality, the integrated RTC also includes the
date alarm, century field, and other enhancements for compatibility with
the ACPI standard.
5) Hardware monitoring subsystem for managing system/ motherboard
voltage levels, temperatures, and fan speeds
6) Full System Management Bus (SMBus) interface.
7) Two 16550-compatible serial I/O ports with infrared communications
port option. A third serial port is available to be dedicated to the IR
interface.
8) Integrated PCI-mastering dual full-duplex direct-sound AC97-link-
compatible sound system. Hardware soundblaster-pro and hardware-
assisted FM blocks are included for Windows DOS box and real-mode
DOS compatibility. Loopback capability is also implemented for
directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers for high
quality digital audio
9) Two game ports and One MIDI port
10) ECP/EPP-capable parallel port
11) Standard floppy disk drive interface
12) Distributed DMA capability for support O ISA legacy DMA over
the PCI bus. Serial IRQ is also supported for docking and non-docking
application.
13) Plug and Play controller that allows complete steerability of all PCI
interrupts and internal interrupts/ DMA channels to any interrupt
channel. One additional steerable interrupt channel is provided to allow
plug and play and reconfigurability of onboard peripherals for Windows
family compliance.
The VT82C686A also enhances the functionality of the standard ISA
peripherals. The integrated interrupt controller supports both edge and
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