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Motherboard User’s Guide
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PCI 2.3 Specification Compliance
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Integrated Multithreaded I/O Link Mastering
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Multithread I/O Link Mastering with Read/Write Concurrent and Read/
Read Pipeline Transaction
Memory Support
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Two 240-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules
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Supports DDR2 800/667/533/400 memory bus
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Maximum installed memory is 16 GB
Expansion Slots
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One PCI Express x1 slot
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One PCI Express x16 slot
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Two 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.3 compliant bus interface
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One optional CNR slot
Onboard IDE channels
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Two IDE Connectors
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Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct Memory
Access) modes
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Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66 MB/sec
Serial ATA
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Two Serial ATA Connectors
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Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~1.5 Gb/s) with scalability to higher
rates
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Low pin count for both host and devices
AC’97 Codec
Onboard I/O Ports
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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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One VGA port
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Four back-panel USB2.0 ports
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One LAN port (optional)
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Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
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Compliant with the AC’97 v2.3 CODEC
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Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems
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Provides three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control:
Line-in, CD, AUX
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Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
