Asus A7M266 - Manual (Page 9)

ASUS A7M266 User’s Manual 9
2. FEATURES
2. FEA
TURES
Specifications
• One Touch Management: Supports an optional ASUS iPanel, an easy to access
box with system information LED display, front I/O ports, and space reserved
for a hard disk drive. With an ASUS iPanel, you can monitor your computer
system’s vital components.
• PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan
status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC
Probe.
• SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physi-
cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
• PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion
slots, which can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards (PCI
supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput), and one Audio Modem Riser
(AMR) slot (shared), which supports a very affordable audio and/or modem
riser card.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 982000/Millenium
compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most
devices for virtually automatic setup.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to the memory and processor.
• Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU/SDRAM frequency ad-
justments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot
selection.
• Integrated Infrared (IrDA) Support: Integrated IR supports an optional re-
mote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, per-
sonal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.)
• Color-coded Connectors: To enhance user accessibility to system components
and to meet PC 99 compliancy, major connectors in this motherboard are color-
coded.
2.1.2 Specifications – Optional Components
• Smart Networking (optional): Features the 3Com 3C920 Fast Ethernet
controller, which supports Wired for Management, remote wake-up, and OnNow
initiatives to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• PCI Audio (optional): Features Cmedia CMI8738 3D positional audio controller
with high speed PCI v2.1 bus controller and legacy SB
® DSP audio emulator.