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3
Introducing the Motherboard
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One 32-bit PCI slot
• Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66
33MB/s.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
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 back-panle USB2.0 ports
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone and line-out
Integrated I/O
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• Power management
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.