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Introducing the Motherboard
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• One DVI port
• One VGA port
• One HDMI port
• One 1394a port
• Two eSATA ports
• One optical SPDIFO port
• Six USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch line-out
BIOS Firmware
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be operated
in the ambiance between 0 and 50°C.
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds. And it is available to adjust the voltages of the CPU, NB and SB.
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
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 slot for Graphics Interface
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• One IDE connector supporting up to two IDE devices
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors