System Overview
RUBY-9712VG2A User’s Manual
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Parallel Port
Support one parallel port with SPP, EPP and ECP modes
USB Interface
Support six USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports (four at rear for keyboard, mouse
and external devices; two on-board for internal devices) for high-speed I/O
peripheral devices
PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface
Support one 10-pin header for PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection through
optional keyboard/mouse kit
Audio Interface
- One 4-pin CD-In connector for direct playing from CD-ROM
- One 2-pin connector for SPDIF-in
- One phone jack at rear for SPDIF-out
- Dual triple stacked phone jack of Line-in / Line-out / Mic-in
Auxiliary I/O Interfaces
System reset switch, external speaker, Keyboard lock and HDD active LED, etc
Real Time Clock/Calendar (RTC)
Support Y2K Real Time Clock/Calendar with battery backup for 7-year data
retention
Watchdog Timer
- Support WDT function through software programming for enable/disable and
interval setting
- Generate system reset
Compact Flash
- True IDE mode, compatibles with the ATA/ATAPI-4 specification
- One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB
memory
- Bootable for no drives on primary channel
On-board VGA
- GMCH integrated graphics
- Share system memory up to 224MB for system memory
- Support Microsoft DirectX 9 & OpenGL 1.4
On-board Ethernet LAN
Dual Marvell 88E8053, PCI Express x1 interface Gigabit Ethernet controller to
support RJ-45 connector at rear
High Driving GPIO
Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO
Cooling Fans
Support one 4-pin power connector for CPU cooler and one 3-pin power
connector for system fan
System Monitoring Feature
Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc