Specifications

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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slots
• One IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• Three 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard supports UDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66 Mb/s.
Expansion Options
Integrated I/O
BIOS Firmware
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One LPT port
• One serial port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
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.
3. To achieve better performance and air flow, we suggest that you use
a system fan on this motherboard.
• Compliant with IEEE 802.3u for 10/100 Mbps ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab
for 1000 Mbps ethernet
• PCI Express base 1.1 compliant
• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) and AMD magic packet TM power
management
• IEEE 802.3ab auto-negotiation support
• IEEE 802.3x compliant flow control support