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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for Graphic Interface
• One PCI Express x4 slot
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One Heat pipe heat sink for NB, CPU & SB heat dissipation
• One CLR_CMOS button
• Two eSATA ports
• One 1394a port
• Two LAN ports
• Six USB ports
• One optical SPDIFO port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-ch line-out
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
• ECS M.I.B. BIOS
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50
°C .
• Compliant with single chip host controller for IEEE Std 1394-1995 and
IEEE 1394a-2000
• Integrated 400 Mb/s 2-Port PHY for the PCI BUS
• 3.3V Power supply with 5V Tolerant Inputs
1394a Fire Wire