Cpu Overheat Protection; Ddr2; S/Pdif; Serial Ata Interface - Kontron MBATX-945G-VGA User Manual

CPU Overheat Protection

CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU's temperature during
system boot up. Once the CPU's temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre-
defined by the CPU, the system will automatically shutdown. This preventive measure
has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing
environment.

DDR2

DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology whose data transfer rate delivers
bandwidth of 4.3 GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the
conventional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2 SDRAM modules
work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also
incorporates new innovations such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger
4-bit pre-fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.

S/PDIF

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a
device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the quality
of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually
found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device.
The S/PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal
outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

Serial ATA Interface

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification. With
speed of up to 3Gb/s, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard
parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

IrDA Interface

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between
your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association)
specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

USB Ports

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports
12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a
marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide
range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
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