Introduction
Expansion Slots
The system board is equipped with 1 dedicated AGP slot. AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing,
The system board is also equipped with 3 dedicated PCI slots, 1 dedicated
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier. Refer to Chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility.
Connectors
•2 connectors for external USB ports
•1 connector for IrDA interface
•2 serial ports
•1 parallel port
•2 IDE connectors
•1 floppy connector
•1 PS/2 mouse port
•1 PS/2 or AT keyboard port
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•3 fan connectors for CPU, chassis and AGP fans
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