Asus I220GC - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS I220GC 1-3
PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology
that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial
interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data
in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI
specifications. See page 1-16 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the Intel ® ICH7 chipset. The SATA specification allows for thinner,
more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to
300 MB/s data transfer rate.
High Definition Audio
Enjoy high-end sound quality on your PC! The onboard HD audio (High Definition
Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit
audio output, and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously sends different
audio streams to different destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the
headphone while playing multi-channel network games.
1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a
USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. See page 2-6 for details.
ASUS EZ Flash 2
EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply press the predefined
hotkey to launch the utility and update the BIOS without entering the OS. Update
your BIOS easily without preparing a bootable diskette or using an OS-based flash
utility. See page 2-3 for details.