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AC 97 Audio Codec
The AC 97 Audio codec is compliant with the AC 97 2.1 specifi-
cation, and supports 18-bit ADC (Analog Digital Converter) and
DAC (Digital Analog Converter) resolution as well as 18-bit ste-
reo full-duplex codec with independent and variable sampling
rates. Further features include support for four analog line-level
stereo inputs.
Expansion Options
Three 32-bit PCI slots, an AGP slot, and an ISA slot provide
plenty of expansion potential. The P6VXM2 PCI slots support Ul-
tra DMA33/66 bus mastering with transfer rates up to 33/66
MB/sec.
Integrated I/O
The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors. The
I/O template on the backplane includes two PS/2 ports for
mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one VGA port, one parallel
port, one MIDI/game port, two USB ports with an onboard
header providing two extra USB ports, and audio jacks for mi-
crophone, line-in and line-out. The board includes two PCI IDE
channels and a floppy disk drive interface.
Programmable Firmware
The mainboard includes Award BIOS that allows BIOS setting of
CPU parameters. This fully programmable firmware enhances
the system features and allows users to set such items as power
management, CPU and memory timing, and modem wake-up
alarms. The firmware can also be used to set parameters for dif-
ferent processor clock speeds so that you don't need to change
mainboard jumpers and switches.
This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter will cover installing
and building a working system.
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