User`s manual

Introduction

Compatibility

• PCI 2.2 and AC ’97 compliant

• Intel AGP version 3.0

ICH5R SATA IDE/RAID Interface

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0

specification. With speed of up to 1.5Gbps, it improves hard drive

performance even in data intensive environments such as audio/

video, consumer electronics and entry-level servers.

• Two SATA (Serial ATA) interfaces which are compliant with

SATA 1.0 specification (1.5Gbps interface)

• Supports RAID 0 and 1

ATA RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disk

• Uses HighPoint 372N RAID controller

• RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 1.5

- RAID 1.5 performs data stripping and mirroring simultane-

ously using two drives only

• Two independent IDE channels support up to 4 drives (ATA/

33, ATA/66, ATA/100, ATA/133 or EIDE)

• Supports PIO modes 0/1/2/3/4, DMA modes 0/1/2 and

UDMA modes 0/1/2/3/4/5/6

PCI Bus Master IDE Controller

• Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices

• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives

• PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 14MB/

sec.)

• Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer

• Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP

IrDA Interface

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wire-

less connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices.

The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data

transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.