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Chapter 2 Installation Instructions
The S/PDIF out connector is capable of provid-
ing digital audio to external speakers or com-
pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital
decoder.
Note:
The empty pin of SPDIF cable should be
aligned to empty pin of S/PDIF out connector.
SPDIF_OUT
1
5V-SYS
SPDIF-OUT
GND
EMPTY
Expansion Slots
PCI Slots
The expansion cards can be installed in the five PCI slots. When you install or
remove such cards, please make sure that the power cord has been unplugged
from the power supply. Please read carefully the instructions provided for such
cards, then install and set the necessary hardware and software for such cards,
such as the jumper or BIOS settings.
AGP Slot
This motherboard has an AGP slot that supports 1.5V AGP cards. AGP is an
interfacing specification designed to display 3D images. It provides a specialized
66Mhz, 32-bit channel to allow the graphic controller to directly access the master
memory and supports 4X and 8X speeds.
AGP Qualified Vendor List
The following table lists the AGP cards that have been tested and qualified for
use with this motherboard.
This motherboard includes five 32-bit Master PCI bus slots and one AGP slot.
Vendor Type Video Memory
UNIKA
7917 GeForce 4 MX 440
NVIDIA
GeForce4MX440 8X
ATI
9500 8X
ATI
9700 8X
Gigabyte
GF1280 GeForce 2 MX
Gigabyte
GV-R9200
NVIDIA
FX5200
MSI
8904 FX5800
Tyan
9700 8X
ASUS
V9180
64MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
128MB
S/PDIF Out Connector (optional): SPDIF_OUT
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