Asus P4T-M - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS P4T-M User’s Manual
Specifications
2. FEA
TURES
2.1 The ASUS P4T-M
The ASUS P4T-M motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors.
2.1.1 Specifications
• Intel Processor Support: Intel Socket 423 Pentium ® 4 processors.
• Intel 850 Chipset: Features the Intel ® 850 chipset (Memory Controller Hub,
I/O Controller Hub, and Firmware Hub) with support for AGP 4X mode;
400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB); and dual channel RDRAM.
• Intel ICH2: The Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2) features support for
UltraDMA/100, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB/
sec; and two USB controllers for a total of 4 USB ports.
• PC800 Memory Support: Equipped with four Rambus Inline Memory Module
(RIMM) sockets to support Intel PC800/PC600-compliant Rambus DRAMs
(RDRAMs) (available in 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 512MB densities) up to 2GB.
These RDRAMs are necessary to meet the increase in processor performance
and multimedia and 3D functions, especially where high bandwidth is required.
• Intel ® Accelerated Hub Architecture: Features a dedicated high speed hub
link between the ICH2 and MCH with a bandwidth of 266MB/sec – twice the
maximum bandwidth of the PCI bus.
• AGP 4X Slot: Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port 4X slot that supports
AGP cards for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D
graphical applications using a 4X mode bus. The slot is keyed to support only
the latest 1.5 volt AGP cards: i.e.: ASUS V3800 and newer versions.
• UltraDMA/100 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports
UltraDMA/100, UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master
IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM,
CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.
• More USB Ports: Supports a total of 4 USB ports for more peripheral connec-
tivity options.
• Wake-Up Support: Supports Wake-On-LAN, Keyboard Wake-Up, and BIOS
Wake-Up.
• PC Health Monitoring: An easy way to examine and manage system status
information, such as CPU and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan status
through the onboard hardware and the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM
software.
• Legacy Free: Provides three 32-bit PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) with no ISA, elimi-
nating bottlenecks and system memory management issues. All PCI slots can
support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports up to
133MB/s maximum throughput.)
2. FEATURES