User`s manual

Introduction
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Ultra ATA/66/100
The board provides an Ultra ATA/66/100 Bus Master IDE controller. This controller
supports Ultra ATA/66/100 protocols which are ideal for supporting demanding
applications such as real-time video, multimedia, and a high performance operating
system. A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA/66/100. This cable is an 80-pin
conductor cable, which is backwards compatible with ATA/33 connectors.
IEEE1394 (Optional)
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple and Texas Instruments
that allows users to connect up to 63 devices to the serial bus on a PC. IEEE is
sometimes called the IEEE 1394 standard, the i.Link connector, FireWire, and the
High Performance Serial Bus (HPSB).
IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits/sec. IEEE 1394b provides up to
3200Mbits/sec transfer speeds. IEEE 1394 provides enhanced PC connectivity
for consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage peripherals,
portable devices such as digital cameras, and inter-PC communications.
IEEE 1394 supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and isochro-
nous data transfer providing much needed bandwidth for multimedia operations.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system opera-
tion and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in
RPMs.