User`s manual

Introduction

The northbridge chip comes integrated with the ATI

Radeon

HD 3300 graphics core delivering excep-

tional 3D graphics performance. It supports HDMI

and DVI interfaces.

DVI (Digital Visual Interface) is a form of video interface

technology made to maximize the quality of flat panel

LCD monitors and modern video graphics cards. Data

is transmitted using the TMDS (Transition Minimized Dif-

ferential Signaling) protocol, providing a digital signal from the PC’s

graphics subsystem to the display.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a

compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting

uncompressed digital streams. It delivers multi-channel

audio and uncompressed digital video signals for full HD

1080p visuals through a single cable. Connect a LCD monitor or

digital TV that has the HDMI port.

The onboard Realtek ALC885 is a High Definition audio

codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I/O panel pro-

vides 8-channel audio output for advanced 7.1-channel

super surround sound audio system. ALC885 also sup-

ports S/PDIF output, allowing digital connections with DVD systems

or other audio/video multimedia.

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that

transfers digital audio signals to a device without having

to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents

the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever

it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio

equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The

S/PDIF interface on the system board sends surround sound and

3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital

recording devices like CD recorders.

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with

SATA 1.0 specification. It supports speed of up to 3Gb/

s. Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster

than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate

is 100MB/s.

S/PDIFS/PDIF

S/PDIF

GraphicsGraphics

Graphics

DVIDVI

DVI

HDMIHDMI

HDMI