Battery-Less Design; Sound Blaster Link - AOpen AX6BP User Manual

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Battery-less Design

To preserve the earth, AOpen AX6B Plus implements the world first battery-
less motherboard design. There is no need to have battery for RTC (real time
clock) and CMOS Setup as long as ATX power cable is plugged. In case of the
AC power is shutdown or power cord is removed by accident, the CMOS Setup
and system configuration can be restored from EEPROM, only the system
clock needed to be re-set to current date/time.
For the convenience of end user, AX6B Plus still shipped with one Lithium (CR-
2032) battery. If you prefer to use battery, you can still Insert it into battery
socket. The RTC will still keep running even power cord is removed.
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Sound Blaster Link

AX6B Plus implements a SB-LINK connector to support Creative-compatible
PCI sound card. If you have a Creative-compatible PCI sound card installed, it
is necessary to link the card to SB-LINK connector for compatibility issue under
DOS environment.
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