3
Memory Support
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Three 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory
modules
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Supports DDR
400
memory bus
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Maximum installed memory is 3GB
AC97 Audio Codec
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6-CH hardware architecture allows multi-channel south
bridge to playback 6CH audio
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Intel
AC’97 (REV. 2.2) compatible, meeting Microsoft
PC2001 requirements
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Built-in earphone buffer and internal PLL, the latter saving
additional crystal
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Line-in/rear out share the same jack; Center/bass share the
MIC jack
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CRL
3D: HRTF based BS3D compatible audio engine
Expansion Options
The mainboard comes with the following expansion options:
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Five 32-bit PCI slots
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One 8x AGP slot
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One Communications Network Riser (CNR) slot
Onboard IDE
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Two IDE Connectors
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Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA
(Direct Memory Access) modes
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Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates
of 33/66/100 MB/sec
Serial ATA
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Two Serial ATA Connectors
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Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with
scalability to higher rates
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Low pin count for both host and devices
