Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
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Two PCI Express x16 slots for Graphic Interface
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Two PCI Express x1 slots
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Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
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One 40-pin IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
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One floppy disk drive interface
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Six 7-pin SATA connectors
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 Heat pipe heat sink for NB & CPU heat dissipation
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One Serial port
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One RCA SPDIFI port
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One RCA SPDIFO port
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One optical SPDIFO port
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One ESATA port
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Six USB ports
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Two LAN ports
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Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI 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 memory timing
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ECS M.I.B. BIOS
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50
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