Expansion Options
The mainboard comes with the following expansion options:
♦
Two 32-bit PCI slots
♦
One 4xAGP slot
♦
One CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) slot
Onboard IDE
♦
Two IDE Connectors
♦
Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA
(Direct Memory Access) modes
♦
Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates
of 33/66/100/
133
MB/sec
Onboard I/O Ports
The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
♦
Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
♦
One serial port
♦
One VGA port
♦
One parallel port
♦
Six USB2.0 ports (four back-panel ports, onboard USB
connector providing two extra ports)
♦
Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
BIOS Firmware
This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure
many system features including the following:
♦
Power management
♦
Wake-up alarms
♦
CPU parameters and memory timing
♦
CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different
processor clock speeds.
USB 2.0
♦
Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification
Revision 2.0
4
