Introduction
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USB Ports
The mainboard suppor ts 6 USB 2.0 (compliant with USB 1.1) ports.
USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 suppor ts
480Mb/second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in
device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of
simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows
®
98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play
compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades
• Supports DMI 2.0 function
• 2Mbit flash memory
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The mainboard comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI
utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about
your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI
pool, which is a par t of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS.
DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed
to make inventor y, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer
systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI
utility.
1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions
The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following “system health”
conditions.
• Monitors the temperature of the CPU and system; and overheat
alarm
• Monitors CPU/3.3V/5V/±12V/VDIMM/VBAT/5VSB voltages and
failure alarm
• Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan and chassis fan; and
failure alarm
• Automatic chassis fan on/off control
• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan
speed
