Onboard I/O
The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Ports
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
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One serial port
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One VGA port
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One parallel port
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Six USB2.0 ports (four back-panel ports, onboard USB
header providing two extra ports)
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Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
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10Base-T/100Base-TX Physical Layer Solution
Built-in Ethernet
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Dual Speed – 100/10 Mbps
LAN (optional)
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MII Interface to Ethernet Controller/Configuration & Status
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Auto Negotiation: 10/100, Full/Half Duplex
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Meet All Applicable IEEE802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-
TX Standards
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Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revi-
USB 2.0
sion 2.0
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Compliant with Intel's Enhanced Host Controller
Interface Specification Revision 0.95
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Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface
Specification Revision 1.1
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PCI multi-function device consists of two UHCI Host
Controller cores for full-/low-speed signaling and one
EHCI Host Controller core for high-speed signaling
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Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with
integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI
and EHCI Host Controller
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Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface
Specification release 1.1
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Legacy support for all downstream facing ports
BIOS Firmware
This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to config-
ure many system features including the following:
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Hard drives, diskette drives, and peripherals
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Power management
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CPU parameters and memory timing
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Hardware monitoring parameters
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.
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