A300 Motherboard PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support
USB booting support
2.8.3 Super I/O Chipset The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH4 through the LPC bus. The
iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment
Controller integration. Some of the features of the iTE IT8712F chipset are listed below:
LPC Interface
PC98/99/2001, ACPI and LANDesk Compliant
Enhanced Hardware Monitor
Fan Speed Controller
SmartGuardian Controller
Single +5V Power Supply
Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control
One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
Keyboard Controller
Watchdog Timer
Serial IRQ Support
Vbat & Vcch Support
Single +5V Power Supply
Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below:
2.8.3.1 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following:
Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2)
IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols
Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another four
serial port connectors (COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6).
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