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A300 Motherboard

Alert On LAN* (AOL) and Alert On LAN 2* (AOL2)

2.6.2 Intel

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ICH4 IDE Interface

The single A300 IDE connector supports two IDE hard disks and ATAPI devices. PIO IDE

transfers up to 16MB/s and Ultra ATA transfers of 100MB/s. The integrated IDE interface

is able to support the following IDE HDDs:

The onboard ATA-6 controller is able to support the following IDE HDDs:

Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s

Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s

Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s

Specification

Ultra ATA/100

Ultra ATA/66

Ultra ATA/100

IDE devices

2 2 2

PIO Mode

0 – 4

0 – 4

0 – 4

PIO Max Transfer Rate

16.6 MB/s

16.6 MB/s

16.6 MB/s

DMA/UDMA designation

UDMA 3 - 4

UDMA 3 – 4

UDMA 2

DMA/UDMA Max Transfer

100MB/s 66MB/s 33MB/s

Controller Interface

5V 5V 5V

Table 2-2: Supported HDD Specifications

2.6.3 Intel

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ICH4 Compact Flash Interface

The A300 CompactFlash socket supports standard CF Type I and CF Type II cards. The

chipset flash interface is multiplexed with an IDE interface and can be connected to an

array of industry standard NAND Flash or NOR Flash devices.

2.6.4 Intel

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ICH4 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) Controller

The Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) controller integrated into the ICH4 complies with AC’97

Component Specification, Version 2.3. The AC’97 controller is connected to the onboard

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