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Overview
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AGP and PCI Expansion Slots
One AGP Bus and six PCI Bus expansion slots provided the room to
install a full range of add-on cards.
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Compact Onboard Audio Subsystem
Built-in AC97 digital audio by Realtek ALC650 (5.1 channel) that com-
plaint with AC97 2.2 specification. It provides 5.1-channel which is slot
selectable DAC (Digital Analog Converter) output for multi-channel ap-
plications. It also supports digital SPDIF functions.
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Super Multi Input/Output (I/O) Support
Integrated Plug and Play multi-I/O chipset features two high-speed UART
16550 compatible serial ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, one
game port, and one FDD connector.
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Onboard Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The motherboard is installed one 32-bit
1.5V
AGP 8X bus with a dedi-
cated 66MHz/133MHz path from the graphics card to the system memory
offering much greater bandwidth than the 32-bit PCI bus does. AGP en-
abled 3D graphics cards can directly access main memory across this fast
path instead of using local memory.
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Convenient Rear Panel USB Connection Support
Four USB 2.0 ports integrated in the rear I/O panel and two extra USB 2.0
ports for either front or rear panel connection allow convenient and high-
speed Plug and Play connections to the growing number of USB 2.0
compliant peripheral devices on the market.
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LAN Support (optional)
Onboard optional LAN controller with one optional jack integrated with
other rear panel I/O connectors provides users with a convenient con-
nection with network environment. The integrated 10/100MB fast Ethernet
controller in chipset with external VIA VT6103
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physical Layer by RJ-45
connector.