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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
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• Three 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Four 7-pin SATA connectors
• Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Controller for PCI Express TM Applica-
tions
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
• Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller for PCI Express TM Applica-
tions
• Integrated 10/100 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
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 ESATA port
• Six USB ports
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-channel line-out
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
BIOS Firmware
• 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.
The motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following: