ECS 965PLT-A, Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Audio (Optional)
• 5.1+2 channel High Definition Audio Codec
• All DACs Support 192k/96k/48k/44.1kHz DAC sample rate
• Software selectable 2.5V/3.75V VREFOUT
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.x audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D TM compatible
• Dolby
®
Digital Encoder output for consumer electronic application
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipset:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
This motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/33
MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Expansion Options
• Two PCI-E slots for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Three 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One 40-pin IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive connector
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
BIOS Firmware
• Compliant with single chip host controller of IEEE Std 1394-1995 and IEEE
1394a-2000
• Integrated 400 Mb/s 2-port PHY for the PCI BUS
• 3.3 V Power Supply with 5 V Tolerant Inputs
1394a FireWire (Optional)
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change with-
out prior notice.
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
This motherboard uses Insyde BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• 6 Channel AC’97 2.3 Audio Codec
• High quality differential CD input
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D TM compatible