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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN (Optional)
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of
133/100/66/33 MB/s.
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slot
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
• Integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Transceiver
• Integrated IEEE802.3z compliant
• IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Base-T Transceiver
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps IEEE 802.3 compliant
• IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation
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 VGA port
• One DVI port (optional)
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-
out
Audio (Optional)
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• DACs Support 96K/48K/44.1KHz DAC sample rate
• Power support: Digital:3.3V; Analog:5.0V
• WOW TM and Tru Surround TM from SRS
• Provides single ended CD input with DRM solutions and legacy
OS issues
• 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• SPDIF In/Out supports 96K/48K/44.1KHz plus SPDIF OUT sup-
ports 88.2 KHz
• Power support: Digital:3.3V; Analog:5.0V
• MAxx Player
TM
from Waves
• Provides single ended CD input with DRM solutions and legacy
OS issues