Does the Desktop Board D850GB support two serial ports?
No, the D850GB has a single, back panel serial connector. • Why isn’t my IDE device displayed during power-up POST? All IDE devices must be ATA4 compliant. Cable length is limited to 18 inches. IDE devices not selected as auto-detect in the BIOS setup are not displayed as part of the POST tests. top of page • Can I use a second floppy on my D850GBAL desktop board? No. The Desktop Board D850GB uses a SMSC LPC47M142 SIO component to support the floppy-disk controller. This component and equivalent components can support a single standard-legacy type FDD, a 2.88 MB Super I/O type FDD, or a three-mode type FDD. top of page • What is the Communications Network Riser (CNR)? The Desktop Board D850GB supports the CNR connector. The CNR connector is designed to support audio, modem, USB* and LAN interfaces of the 850 chipset. The interfaces supported include AC ’97, LAN and SMBus. Some versions of the desktop board D850GB do not ship with a CNR connector.