Datasheet

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Introducing the Motherboard
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One parallel port
• Eight USB ports (rear panel x 4, header x 4)
• One LAN port (optional)
• One VGA port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
BIOS Firmware
The motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system features
including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66
MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Three 32-bit PCI slots
• One AGP slot
• Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
Onboard LAN (optional)
• Single Chip 100Base-TX / 10Base-T Physical Layer Solution
• Dual Speed – 100 / 10 Mbps
• Half and Full Duplex
• MII Interface to Ethernet Controller
• MII Interface to Configuration & Status
• Auto Negotiation: 10 / 100, Full / Half Duplex
• Meet All Applicable IEEE 802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-Tx Standards