2.FEATURES

2.1.2Connections

•CPU socket: Socket A (462) for AMD® processors.

•PCI Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit Legacy Free PCI slots, (PCI 2.2 compliant) eliminating bottlenecks and system memory management issues. All PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput.) The MB supports Concurrent PCI, which allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master bus to the memory and processor.

•IDE connectors: Dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four Ultra DMA133/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE devices like two HDDs, one DVD and an R/W CD.

•AGP 4X Slot: Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port 4X slot that supports AGP cards for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode bus.

•Floppy disk connector: Supports the floppy disk drive.

•USB ports: Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB devices such as a mouse and PDA.

•Serial ports: Four 9-pin COM1/COM2 ports are for all serial devices.

•IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface.

•Microphone: (Optional) Pink jack connects a microphone (or 6 channel speaker).

•Line In: (Optional) Light blue jack connects a tape player (or 6 channel speaker).

•Line Out: (Optional) Lime jack connects a headphone, a speaker (or 6 channel speaker).

•Game/MIDI connector. (Optional) This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games, and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files.

•Parallel port: 25-pin port connects a parallel printer or other devices.

•PS/2 mouse port: Green 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 mouse.

•PS/2 keyboard port: Purple 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 keyboard.

•Onboard LED: Signals AC power is okay.

•ATX power connector. Supplies the MB with ATX 12V power. The power supply must have at least 1A on the +5V standby lead (+5VSB).

2.FEATURES

Specifications

 

 

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