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Introducing the Motherboard
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
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One 32-bit PCI slot
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Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
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One floppy disk drive interface
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One CF socket (optional)
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/
33MB/s.
Onboard LAN (Optional)
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:
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
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Three serial ports
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One VGA port
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Four USB ports
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Two LAN ports (LAN2 optional)
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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:
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Power management
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CPU parameters
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CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
This motherboard may support either of the following LAN chipset:
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Supports 100/10 Mb/s N-Way Auto negotiation operation
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Half/Full duplex capability
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Supports Wake-On-LAN(WOL) function and remote wake-up
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Integrate 10/100/1000 transceiver
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Supports PCI v2.3, 32-bit, 33/66MHz
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Supports fully with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u and IEEE802.3ab
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