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3
Introducing the Motherboard
Audio
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipsets:
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphic Interface
• Three PCI Express x1 slots
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard connectors
• One serial port
• Eight USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• ADCs support 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.10 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio re-
quirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
1.Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2.Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50
° C .
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
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following: