1-4.5 Agp (Accelerated Graphics Port) Interface; 1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions; 1-4.7 Sata And Sata Raid Interface - SOLTEK B9A-FGR Manual

1-4.5 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface

AGP Controller is embedded on board, supporting:
• 1.5V (8x/4x) power mode
• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction
longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.
• One AGP Slot on board, AGP v3.0 compliant

1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:
-- 2 ATA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices
• Dedicated IR Functions:
-- 1x5 IR connector dedicated to IR function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR)
and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR
• Multi-mode parallel data transfer:
-- Standard mode, high speed mode ECP and enhanced mode EPP
• Floppy Drive Connector:
-- 1 FDD connector supporting 2 floppy drives with drive swap support
• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:
-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 MB/s USB Bus, in Windows 2000 / XP.
-- 4 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2
additional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports
• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):
-- 2 complete serial ports on board

1-4.7 SATA and SATA RAID Interface

SATA and SATA RAID Interface supported by nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb:
• Supporting 2 Serial ATA connectors for 2 Serial ATA Hard Disks with
150Mb/s transfer rate
• Supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD configuration
• Serial ATA / Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy
Diskette for user's installation
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