12Super 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), one MPU-401 UART mode compatible MIDI/game port, and a Flash ROM interface.

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

Audio CODEC. This Realtek ALC201A AC’97 audio CODEC provides a playback sampling rate of 96KHz and supports DVD applications. (on audio models only)

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.

17GAME/MIDI port. This port connects a joystick or a game pad for playing games, or MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files. (on audio models only)

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Microphone jack. This Mic (pink) jack connects a microphone. (on audio models only)

Line In jack. This Line In (light blue) jack connects a tape player or other audio sources. (on audio models only)

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Line Out jack. This Line Out (lime) jack connects a headphone or a speaker. (on audio models only)

Video port. This port is for a VGA monitor or VGA-compatible devices.

Serial port. This 9-pin COM1 port is for a pointing device or other serial devices.

23USB 1.1 port. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 1.1 devices.

24PS/2 keyboard port. This purple 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 keyboard.

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