S y s t e m m o t h e r b o a r d
3/8 LS700 HANDBOOK
PCI/IDE Peripheral Interface
The motherboard has a high-speed, 32-bit PCI/IDE
interface that supports the following:
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Up to four PCI/IDE hard drives on the PCI bus
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PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 hard drives
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Logical block addressing (LBA) of hard drives larger
than 528 MB
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Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation
modes
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ATAPI devices (such as CD-ROMs)
I/O Features
The I/O controller integrates the functions for the serial
ports, parallel port, diskette drive, and keyboard. This
component provides:
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Multimode bidirectional parallel port:
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Standard mode: Centronics-compatible operation
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High-speed mode: support for enhanced capabilities
port (ECP) and enhanced parallel port (EPP)
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Two RS-232C (16550-compatible) 9-pin serial ports
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Integrated real-time clock with an accuracy of ±13
minutes/year at 25
°
C and 5 V
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Integrated 8042-compatible keyboard controller
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Flexible IRQ and DMA mapping to support
Windows 95
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Support for an IrDA
or Consumer IR compatible
infrared interface. The infrared interface supports data
transfer rates of up to 115 K baud with either half- or
full-duplex operation