INTRODUCTION
Installation Guide
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1.
ISA Slots:
(2) 16-bit ISA slots.
2.
PCI Slots:
(5) 32-bit PCI slots are provided.
3.
Mainboard BIOS:
Award BIOS supporting “Plug and Play”, DMI, Green
PC specification, on screen setup for Enhanced IDE and Multi-I/O. The BIOS
is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility.
4.
Sound Chip
: ESS PCI Sound Chip supporting software wavetable.
5.
MIDI/Game Port
: 15-pin female MIDI/Joystick connector.
6.
Audio Port
: Three 1/8” female jacks for Line Out, Line In and MIC.
7.
COM2 Connector:
High-speed UART compatible serial port. COM2 can be
directed to the Infrared Module for wireless connection capability.
8.
Printer Port Connector:
EPP and ECP compatible 25-pin D-Sub parallel
port.
9.
COM1 Connector:
High-speed UART compatible serial port.
10.
USB Connectors:
These connectors permit the connection of two USB
peripheral devices directly to the port without an external hub. USB is a new
technology supporting printers, fax modems and other telephony device.
11.
PS/2 Mouse Connector:
Supports PS/2 style mice.
12.
PS/2 Keyboard Connector:
Supports PS/2 style keyboards.
13.
SLOT 1:
Slot 1 CPU socket for Pentium
®
III, Pentium
®
II and Celeron
®
CPUs.
14.
Intel
®
440BX AGPset:
Features PC100 SDRAM, UDMA and AGP 2x
support.
15.
Power Connector:
20-Pin ATX Power Connector.
16.
DIMM Sockets:
(3) 168-pin DIMM sockets are provided to support a
maximum RAM memory capacity of 768 MB. DIMM types of 3.3 Volt true
SDRAM is supported and automatically detected by the BIOS.
17.
Floppy Connector:
Built-in floppy controller supports (2) 5.25" or 3.5"
(1.44MB or 2.88MB) floppy drives.
18.
Primary IDE Connector:
Connector for first IDE channel. The on-board
PCI Bus Mastering IDE controller features support for DMA Mode 2 and PIO
Modes 3 and 4 for faster data transfer rates. (2) Connectors are provided for
support of up to (4) IDE devices on two channels. ATAPI Tape Drives and
CD-ROMs are also supported.
19.
Secondary IDE Connector:
Connector for second IDE channel.
20.
AGP Slot:
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is a new bus interface for high
performance graphics capabilities, especially 3D.
