ECS P67H2-A4, Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for Graphic Interface
• Three PCI Express x1 slots
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors (2 x SATA 6Gbit/s and 4 x SATA 3Gbit/s)
Expansion Options
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• One LAN port
• Six USB 2.0 ports
• Two USB 3.0 ports* (optional)
• One PS/2 mouse and keyboard combo connector
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch line-out
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:
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 USB 3.0 connectors are optimized for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices,
aslo are fully backwards-compatible with Hi-Speed USB 2.0 devices.