VIA 82C694 ATX Mainboard
INTRODUCTION
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USB PORTS
Four Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports on the board.
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IDE PORTS
Two channels of Ultra DMA IDE ports designed on the board, which will support
up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk, ATAPI CD-ROM and LS-120/ZIP-100
devices.
694AX and 694AXL:
Support Ultra DMA 33/66
694BX and 694BXL:
Support Ultra DMA 33/66/100
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SUPER I/O PORTS
1.
Two high speed NS16C550 compatible serial ports (UARTs).
2.
One parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
3.
One Floppy Disk Control port.
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IR PORT
One HPSIR and ASKIR compatible IR transmission connector (5-pin).
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MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
One PS/2™ mouse connector, One PS/2™ keyboard connector.
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3D SOUND
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Optional
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Integrated PCI-mastering dual full-duplex direct-sound AC97-link-compatible
sound interface. (694AXL and 694BXL do not have the audio interface onboard).
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HARDWARE MONITORING
The hardware monitoring feature is designed on the board to monitor hardware
healthy status like system voltage, system temperature, and cooling fans. Such
hardware monitoring will keep scanning the mainboard healthy status. If there is
something does not work properly, it will give you the warning message so that you
can take proper action to prevent your system from damage.
There is the hardware monitoring program in the CD which comes with this
mainboard. When you feel like to use the hardware monitoring feature to monitor
the mainboard healthy status, please refer to the following for the procedure:
1.
Insert the CD disc into the CD ROM drive.
2.
Change the directory to "D:\Driver\Mainboard\VIA\Hardware Monitoring"
3.
Click on the "SETUP" icon and follow the screen instruction to complete the
setup.
