Microsoft System Board Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Introduction
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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, z-buffering and alpha blending; delivering up to 533MB/
sec. bandwidth for 3D graphics applications. AGP in this system
board will deliver faster and better graphics with your PC.
The system board is also equipped with 3 dedicated PCI slots, 1
dedicated 16-bit ISA slot and 1 shared PCI/ISA slot. All PCI and ISA
slots are bus masters.
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
1 20-pin ATX power supply connector
1 12-pin standard AT power supply connector
1 Wake-On-LAN connector
1 SB-LINK connector
3 fan connectors for CPU, chassis and AGP fans
Expansion Slots