Asus P/I-P55SP4V - Manual (Page 8)

2 ASUS P/I-P55SP4V User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features of This Motherboard
The P/I-P55SP4V is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a
great many features in a small package. This motherboard:
• Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto
detection of hard drives and Plug and Play to make setup of hard drives and
expansion cards virtually automatic.
• Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Supports one Pentium (75-200MHz),
Cyrix P166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), or AMD-K5 (PR75-100MHz) (See page 11).
• SiS Chipset: Features SiS5596 chipset with built-in video controller.
Supports video shared memory from 1MB to 2MB.
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol
creating a higher level of compatibility (see section V).
• L2 Cache: Provides 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.
• Versatile DRAM Memory Support: Supports 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB, 8MB,
16MB, 32MB, 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. Sup-
ports both Fast Page Mode (FPM) and Extended Data Output (EDO) SIMM's.
• ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit
PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus 2.0 which allows the use of either a standard
PCI card or the ASUS MediaBus Card.
• ASUS MediaBus Rev 2.0: Features an expansion slot extension shared with
PCI Slot 4 for an optional high-performance expansion card which includes
two functions in one easy-to-install card. (For revision compatibility infor-
mation, please refer to page 18.)
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports
and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be
directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. Two
floppy drives of either 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported
without an external card. The Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB)
floppy standard is also supported.
• PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master
IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan-
nels, provides faster data transfer rates, and supports Enhanced IDE devices
such as CD-ROM drives. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus
Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI drive
bootup.
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TURES