Belkin PM11-EC/RAMA, PM11-EL/RAMA manual Introduction, Expansion Slots, Onboard Audio Features

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Introduction

Expansion Slots

The mainboard is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot and 3 PCI slots.

AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending. The universal AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB/sec. bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to 1066MB/sec . bandwidth for 3D graphics applications. AGP in this mainboard will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC.

Onboard Audio Features

•Supports Microsoft® DirectSound/DirectSound 3D

•AC’97 supported with full duplex, independent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback

•S/PDIF compressed digital output

Onboard LAN Features (PM11-EL/RAMA and PM11-UL/RAMA only)

•Uses Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet controller

•Integrated IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible

PHY

•32-bit PCI master interface

•Integrated power management functions

•Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps

•Supports IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation

•Supports wire for management

Onboard Graphics Features

•Full featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) controller

-AGP specification v2.0 compliant

-Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART)

•High resolution CRT RGB interface

-250MHz RAMDAC on chip with Gamma correction

-Horizontal/vertical sync outputs compliant with Monitor Power Management protocols

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