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Introduction
USB Ports
The system board supports 4 USB ports. Two onboard
USB ports are located at the ATX double deck ports of
the board. The J16/J50 connector on the system board
allows you to connect 2 more optional USB ports. These
optional USB ports, which are mounted on a card-edge
bracket, will be provided as an option. USB allows data
exchange between your computer and a wide range of
simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play
peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows
®
98/2000/ME Plug and Play
compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades
• Supports DMI 2.0 function
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 inventory, maintenance and
troubleshooting of computer systems easier. Refer to
chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility.
1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions
The system board is capable of monitoring the
following “system health” conditions.
• Monitors system temperature and overheat alarm
• Monitors 5VSB/VBAT/1.5V/3.3V/5V/±12V/CPU volt-
ages and failure alarm
• Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan, chassis fan
and second fan; and failure alarm