Ii. features, Features of the asus sp98agp-x motherboard – Asus SP98AGP-X User Manual
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ASUS SP98AGP-X User’s Manual
Features of the ASUS SP98AGP-X Motherboard
The ASUS SP98AGP-X is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
many features in a small package. This motherboard:
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AGP Chipset: SiS5591 chipset with built-in AGP support for high performance,
component level interconnection targeted at 3D graphical display applications.
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Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium
®
75-233MHz (P55C-MMX
™
, P54C/
P54CS), IBM
®
/Cyrix
®
6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM
®
/Cyrix
®
6x86MX
™
(PR166 & faster), AMD-K5
™
(PR75-PR133), AMD-K6
™
(PR166 & faster).
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Versatile Memory Support: Three DIMM sockets to support (8, 16, 32, 64,
128, or 256MB) 168-pin SDRAM/Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules
up to 768MB.
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Easy Installation: BIOS supports autodetection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse,
and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and
other devices virtually automatic.
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ISA & PCI Expansion Slots: Three 16-bit ISA and three 32-bit PCI slots.
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Super Multi-I/O: Two high-speed UART-compatible serial ports and one par-
allel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
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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.) (See section V)
•
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, supports
PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced
IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives. Supports two drives of
either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB)
disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB)
and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K).
BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
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Level 2 Cache: 512KB (1MB option) Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.
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Optional IrDA Module: Supports optional IrDA receiver/transmitter device.
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Symbios SCSI BIOS: Onboard firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI con-
troller cards.
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Optional Integrated Audio: Optional onboard audio with 3D sound.
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Compliancy: ACPI ready for advanced power management features and PC97
compliant for greater support.
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