Dual RAID solution

Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with multi-RAID functionality that allows you to select the best RAID solution using IDE or Serial ATA devices.

The Intel® ICH6R allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for four SATA connectors and supports the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. See pages 2-26 and 5-19 for details.

If you are using IDE hard disk drives, the ITE 8212F controller provides RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD functionality for two IDE channels that supports for up to four IDE hard disk drives. See pages 2-25 and 5-23 for details.

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications. See page 2-18 for details.

8-channel high definition audio

Onboard is the C-Media CMI9880 7.1-channel audio CODEC. This CODEC is fully-compliant with Intel® High Definition Audio standard (192 KHz, 24-bit audio). With the CODEC, 8-channel audio ports, and S/PDIF interfaces, you can connect your computer to home theater decoders to produce crystal-clear digital audio.

The CMI9880 CODEC comes with a software application that features jack detection to monitor the plugging status of each jack, impedance sensing to determine audio device classes, and pre-defined equalization for various audio devices. See page 2-22, 2-23, and 5-12 for details.

Dolby® Digital Live™

The CMI9880 audio CODEC comes with an AC-3 encoder capable of transforming your computer’s digital audio contents into real-time Dolby® Digital stream. This digital stream passes through the S/PDIF out interfaces to an AC-3 or DTS decoder for 7.1-channel playback. See page 5-16.

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