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PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
• Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices
• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133 hard drives
• UDMA Modes 3, 4, 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate
up to 133MB/sec.)
• Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer
• Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP
Serial ATA IDE Interface
• Uses Marvell 88i8030 chip
• Supports one SATA (Serial ATA) interface which is compliant with
SATA 1.0 specification (1.5Gbps interface)
Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0
specification. With speed of up to 1.5Gbps, it improves hard drive
performance even in data intensive environments such as audio/
video, consumer electronics and entry-level servers.
IEEE 1394a Interface
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• nVIDIA
nForce2
• Supports three 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports
IEEE 1394A is fully compliant with the 1394A OHCI (Open Host
Controller Interface) 1.1 specification. It supports up to 63 devices
that can run simultaneously on a system. 1394A is a fast external
bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps.
In addition to its high speed, it also supports isochronous data
transfer which is ideal for video devices that need to transfer high
levels of data in real-time. 1394A supports both Plug-and-Play and
hot plugging.
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
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MCP-T and Agere FW803 Phy chips
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