ECS 945GCD-M 89-206-R15101 User Manual
Product codes
89-206-R15101
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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
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One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
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One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics Interface
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One PCI Express x1 slots
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One IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
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Three 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard supports UDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66 Mb/s.
66 Mb/s.
Expansion Options
Integrated I/O
BIOS Firmware
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
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One LPT port
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One serial port
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One VGA port
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Four USB ports
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One LAN port
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Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
speeds.
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
features including the following:
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Power management
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Wake-up alarms
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CPU parameters
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CPU and memory timing
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50
° C
.
3. To achieve better performance and air flow, we suggest that you use
a system fan on this motherboard.
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Compliant with IEEE 802.3u for 10/100 Mbps ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab
for 1000 Mbps ethernet
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PCI Express base 1.1 compliant
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Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) and AMD magic packet TM power
management
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IEEE 802.3ab auto-negotiation support
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IEEE 802.3x compliant flow control support