Introduction
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USB Ports
The system board suppor ts 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. USB 1.1 suppor ts
12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second
bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer
speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously
accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows
®
98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play
compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades
• Supports DMI 2.0 function
• 2Mbit flash memory
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The
DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information
about your system configuration and stores these information in the
DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play
BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is
designed to make inventor y, maintenance and troubleshooting of
computer systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using
the DMI utility.
Rear Panel I/O Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors)
• Four USB 2.0/1.1 por ts
• One RJ45 LAN port (NS80-EA and NS80-EL only)
• Two NS16C550A-compatible DB-9 serial ports
• One DB-25 parallel port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard por t
• Three audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in