10IDE connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four Ultra DMA/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE devices. Both the primary (blue) and secondary (black) connectors are slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.

11DIP switches (DSW2). This 4-switch Dual Inline Package (DIP) allows you to select the CPU frequency multiple.

12Flash EEPROM. This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS program.

13ASUS ASIC. This chip performs multiple system functions that include hardware and system voltage monitoring, IRQ routing, among others.

14Standby power LED. This LED lights up if there is a standby power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off the system power before plugging or unplugging devices.

15Audio controller. This C-Media 6-channel PCI audio chip supports legacy audio and HRTF 3D positional audio functions. The chip also supports 24-bit S/PDIF In (0.5~5V) and S/PDIF Out (44.1K and 48K formats) professional digital audio interface, and one MPU-401 UART mode compatible MIDI/game port.

(on audio models only)

16PCI slots. These six 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum throughput.

17Super I/O controller. This Low Pin Count (LPC) interface provides the commonly used Super I/O functionality. The chipset supports a high-performance floppy disk controller for a 360K/720K/1.44M/ 2.88M floppy disk drive, a multi-mode parallel port, two standard compatible UARTs, a Standard Infrared (SIR), and a Flash ROM interface.

18AGP warning LED. Serving as a smart burn-out protection for the motherboard, this red LED lights up if you plug in any 3.3V AGP card into the AGP slot. When this LED is lit, there is no way you can turn on the system power even if you press the power button.

19AGP slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V AGP4X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.

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