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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI slots
• One CNR slot (optional)
• Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/
100/66 MB/s.
Expansion Options
Audio
• Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 CODEC
• Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia sys-
tems
• Provides three analog line-level stereo input with 5-bit volume control:
Line-in, CD, AUX
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
BIOS Firmware
The 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.
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 parallel port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out