ECS 945PL-A Manual page 9

Onboard LAN(Optional)
This motherboard may support either of the following LAN chipset:
• Supports 100/10 Mb/s N-Way Auto negotiation operation
• Half/Full duplex capability
• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function and remote wake-up
• Integrate 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Supports PCI v2.3,32-bit,33/66MHz
• Supports fully with IEEE802.3,IEEE802.3u and IEEE802.3ab
Audio (Optional)
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipset:
• Compliant with AC'97 V2.3 specification
• Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems
• Provides three analog line-level stereo input with 5-bit volume control:
line-in, CD, AUX
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
• 8 channel DAC support 24/20/16-bit PCM format for 7.1 audio solution
• Supports 192K/96K/48K/44.1KHz DAC sample rate
• Power support:Digital:3.3V;Analog:3.5V~5.25V
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D TM compatible
• Dolby Digital Encoder output for consumer electronic application
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Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI Express slots for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Three 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive connector
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
This motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66
MB/S.
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One parallel port
• Four USB ports
• One 1394 port (optional)
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line out
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
Introducing the Motherboard
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