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Introducing the Motherboard
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Power management
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Wake-up alarms
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CPU parameters
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CPU and memroy timing
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
with out prior notice.
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AWARD BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
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One serial port
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One parallel port
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Four USB ports
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One LAN port (optional)
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Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and line-out
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
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Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification
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16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
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Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
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Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
Audio
The PT880PRO-A motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates
of 133/100/66 MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
Expansion Options
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One AGP slot
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One PCI Express Lite slot for Graphic Interface
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Four 32-bit PCI v2.2 compliant slots
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Two 40-pin IDE low profile connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices
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One floppy disk drive interface
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Two 7-pin SATA connectors
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One Communications Networking Riser (CNR) slot
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Single chip 100Base-TX/10Base-T physical layer solution
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Dual speed 100/10 Mbps, half and full duplex with auto negotiation
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MII interface to Ethernet controller
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Meets all applicable IEEE 802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-Tx standards
Onboard LAN (Optional)
The onboard LAN controller provides the following features:
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