Onboard Lan; Bios Firmware - ECS 945GCD-I230 Manual

Onboard LAN

The onboard LAN controller provides the following features:
• Supports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet transceiver
• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) by Magic Packet/Frame/Link Change
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• One IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard supports UDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66 Mb/
s.
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One LPT port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

BIOS Firmware

This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
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 °C.
3. To achieve better performance and air flow, we suggest that you use a
system fan on this motherboard.
Introducing the Motherboard
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