Manual for BA1 series
Chapter 1
Chipset
Onboard Graphics(available on BA1, BA1/GE, BA1/GV)
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Integrated 2D/3D graphics accelerator
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Integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC
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Provides VGA output connector
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Provides 32 bpp true color support for high resolution texture
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Provides new 3D features create real-life environment and character effects
Onboard IDE
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Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
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Supports Ultra DMA 100/66/33, PIO mode
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Supports two fast IDE interfaces which can support four IDE devices including IDE
hard disks and CD-ROM /DVD-ROM drivers etc
4 USB
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USB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1
which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps
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2 USB ports on back panel, 2 USB on board with optional cable.
Onboard I/O
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One floppy port supports one 3.5
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or 5.25
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floppy drive with 360K/720K/1.2M
1.44M/2.88M format
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One high speed 16550 compatible COM with 16 byte send/receive FIFO
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One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode(optional)
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Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
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Infrared interface(optional)
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Smart Card Reader Connector(SCR)(optional)
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All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
Onboard LAN (Available on-L, -AL, -6AL series mainboard)
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10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
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10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
Name NorthBridge SouthBridge
BA1
845GL ICH4
BA1/G
845G ICH4
BA1/GV
845GV ICH4
BA1/GE
845GE ICH4
BA1/PE
845PE ICH4