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10 i/o interface controller – SOYO Motherboard SY-6BA+ IV User Manual

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Motherboard Description

SY-6BA+ IV

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recognize it as both the A and B drive

1-9.6 Real-Time Clock, CMOS SRAM, and Battery

The real- time clock is compatible with DS1287 and MC146818

components. The clock provides a time- of- day clock and a multicentury

calendar with alarm features and century rollover. The real- time clock

supports 256 bytes of battery- backed CMOS SRAM in two banks that are

reserved for BIOS use.

The time, date, and CMOS values can be specified in the Setup program.

The CMOS values can be returned to their defaults by using the Setup

program.

1-10 I/O INTERFACE CONTROLLER

The motherboard uses the ITE 8671 super I/ O controller which features:
l Single diskette drive interface
l ISA Plug- and- Play compatible register set
l Two serial ports
l FIFO supports on both serial and diskette interfaces
l One parallel port with Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) and

Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) support

l PS/ 2 style mouse and keyboard interfaces
l PCI PME interface
l Vialigent auto power management, including:

Ø Shadowed write- only registers for ACPI compliance
Ø Programmable wake- up event interface

The Setup program provides configuration option for the I/ O controller.

1-10.1 Serial Ports

The NS16C5450- compatible UARTs support data transfers at speeds up to

115.2 Kbits/ sec with BIOS support.

1-10.2 Parallel Port

In the Setup program, there are four options for parallel port operation:
l Compatible (standard mode)