Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Two 7-pin SATA connectors
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Three 32-bit PCI slots
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One floppy disk drive interface
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Two IDE connectors which support four IDE channels
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/33
MB/sec.
Onboard LAN (Optional)
The onboard LAN controller provides the following features:
Supports 100/10 Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation operation
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Half and Full Duplex
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Supports standard MII interface to an external PHY for 10/100Mb base-T
Ethernet
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Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL)and remote wake-up function
1394 FireWire (Optional)
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Low power 2-port IEEE 1394 host controller providing PC systems with
high speed, flexible connectivity to a wide range of peripherals and con-
sumer electronics
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Compliant with the latest IEEE 1394 standards with full 1394a P2000 support
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Detect connected device types and automatically configure data speeds to
100,200, or 400 Mbps
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Equipped with 32-bit PCI bus interface that features advanced power man-
agement, and cardbus support
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
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One serial port
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One parallel port
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One VGA port
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Four USB ports
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One 1394 port (optional)
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One LAN port (optional)
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Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and line-out
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
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Power management
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Wake-up alarms
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CPU parameters
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CPU and memroy 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
with out prior notice.
Introducing the Motherboard
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