12South bridge controller. The VIA VT8235 CE integrated South bridge controller provides efficient bandwith requirements for PCI, USB and support for LAN devices. This controller also supports standard UltraATA133 IDE drives and provides separate data paths for each IDE channel. The controller supports six USB ports, one LAN port and is PCI 2.2 compliant. The VIA VT8235 communicates with the North bridge chip at rates of up to 533MB/s using the VIA 8X VLink Technology.

13Audio CODEC. The ADI AD1980 6-channel Audio CODEC is AC’97 compliant and designed for PC multimedia systems.

14PCI slots. These 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards such as SCSI and LAN cards. The PCI slots operates at up to 133MB/s maximum output.

15PS/2 mouse port. This green 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 mouse.

16Parallel port. This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other devices.

17RJ-45 port. Using the South bridge integrated MAC and the VIA VT6103 LAN PHY Fast Ethernet controller, this port allows connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.

18Line In port. This Line In (light blue) port connects a tape player or other audio sources. In a 6-channel mode, this port functions as Bass/Center.

19Line Out port. This Line Out (lime) port connects a headphone or a speaker. In a 6-channel mode, this port functions as Front Speaker Out.

20Microphone port. This Mic (pink) port connects a microphone. In a 6-channel mode, this port functions as Rear Speaker Out.

21USB 1 & 2 ports. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus 2.0/1.1 ports are available for connecting USB devices such as mouse and PDA.

22USB 3 & 4 ports. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus 2.0/1.1 ports are available for connecting USB devices such as mouse and PDA.

23VGA port. This 15-pin VGA port connects to a VGA monitor.

24Serial port. This port connects a serial mouse. modem or other serial devices.

25PS/2 keyboard port. This purple 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 keyboard.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction