Ide Hard Disk Support; Video Function; Table 2-4 Ide Hard Disk Configuration - Acer AcerPower 2100 User Manual

2.4

IDE Hard Disk Support

The board comes with an enhanced IDE controller that supports PIO mode 4 and Ultra
DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode data transfers. In addition, two EIDE interfaces are
mounted on the system board supporting a maximum of four IDE hard disks, or any other
IDE devices. See Figure 2-2 for the location of the IDE interfaces.
Connect the cables according to the IDE hard disk configuration in Table 2-4. Follow the
instructions in the housing installation manual on how to install a hard disk in the system.
Table 2-4 IDE Hard Disk Configuration
IDE Connector
IDE1 (CN16)
IDE2 (CN18)
2.5

Video Function

The onboard video controller is capable not only of enhancing video display, but
supporting 3-D video applications as well. The video controller features the Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) design - the latest bus architecture that is considered to be the best
solution for 3-D applications.
speeding up the VGA bus in order to meet the requirement of 3-D applications.
The board comes with 4-MB video memory. Larger video memory allows you to display
higher resolutions and more colors.
The following table lists the video resolutions supported by the onboard VGA:
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Master
Hard disk 0 Hard disk 1
Hard disk 2/ Hard disk 3
IDE CD-ROM drive
AGP offers greater bandwidth; thus, it is capable of
Slave