Audio Interface

Item

Specification

Audio controller

NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE

 

 

Audio controller type

ALC888S

 

 

Audio channel

codec 7.1

 

 

Audio function control

Enable/disable by BIOS Setup

 

 

Mono or stereo

Stereo

 

 

Compatibility

Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible

 

Mixed digital and analog high

 

performance chip Enhanced stereo

 

full duplex operation High

 

performance audio accelerator and

 

AC’97 support Full native DOS

 

games compatibility Virtual FM

 

enhances audio experience through

 

real-time FM-to-Wavetable

 

conversionMPU-401 (UART mode)

 

interface for Wavetable synthesizers

 

and MIDI devices Integrated dual

 

game port Meets AC’97and WHQL

 

specifications

 

 

Music synthesizer

Yes, internal FM synthesizer

 

 

Sampling rate

48 KHz (max.)

 

 

MPU-401 UART support

Yes

 

 

Microphone jack

Supported

 

 

Headphone jack

Supported

 

 

SATA Interface

 

Item

Specification

SATA controller

NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE

 

 

SATA controller resident bus

PCI bus

 

 

Number of SATA channel

SATA X 4

 

 

Support bootable CD-ROM

YES

 

 

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Acer M1640, M5640 manual Audio Interface, Sata Interface, ALC888S, Sata X

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