User`s manual

Introduction

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that

transfers digital audio signals to a device without

having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the

quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted

to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as

a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on

the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal out-

puts to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like

CD recorders.

The JMicron JMB368 chip supports up to two

UltraDMA 100Mbps IDE devices.

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant

with SATA 1.0 specification. With speed of up to

3Gbps, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard

parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

The two Realtek PCI Express Gigabit LAN con-

trollers support up to 1Gbps data transmission.

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connec-

tor for wireless connectivity between your computer

and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specifi-

cation supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1

meter.

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1

ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth

while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a

marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your com-

puter and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug

and Play peripherals.

USB

SERIAL ATA

irda

gigabit lan

S/PDIF

ide