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Introduction
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a
compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting
uncompressed digital streams. It delivers multi-channel
audio and uncompressed digital video signals for full HD
1080p visuals through a single cable. Connect a LCD monitor or
digital TV that has the HDMI port.
The onboard Realtek ALC885 is a High Definition audio
codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I/O panel pro-
vides 8-channel audio output for advanced 7.1-channel
super surround sound audio system. ALC885 also sup-
ports S/PDIF output, allowing digital connections with DVD systems
or other audio/video multimedia.
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 interface on the system board sends surround sound and
3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital
recording devices like CD recorders.
Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with
SATA 1.0 specification. It supports speed of up to 3Gb/
s. Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster
than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate
is 100MB/s.
The system board allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA
devices. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and
RAID 5.
The Vitesse VSC8601 PCI Express Gigabit LAN control-
ler supports up to 1Gbps data rate.
S/PDIF
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