Datasheet

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Introducing the Motherboard
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for Graphic Interface
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
• One 40-pin IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Six 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Integrated I/O
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One Heat pipe heat sink for NB & CPU heat dissipation
• One Serial port
• One RCA SPDIFI port
• One RCA SPDIFO port
• One optical SPDIFO port
• One ESATA port
• Six USB ports
• Two LAN ports
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
• ECS M.I.B. BIOS
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50 °C.