Asus P2L-N - Manual (Page 9)

ASUS P2L-N/P2E-N User’s Manual 9
ASUS P2L-N/P2E-N Special Features:
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ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also imple-
mented on all ASUS smart series of motherboards. ACPI provides more Energy
Saving Features for future operating systems (OS) supporting OS Direct Power
Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features implemented in the OS,
PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy saving standards.
To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-supported OS such as the succes-
sor of Windows 95 must be used.
• 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.)
• Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard disk drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM),
offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based
virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
• PC ’97 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series
of motherboards meet PC ’97 compliancy. The new PC ‘97 requirements for
systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support
for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and
managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation pro-
cedures for both Windows 95 or its successor and Windows NT.
• Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through
onboard firmware.
• Wake on LAN: Supports Wake on LAN activity through optional ASUS
PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.
ASUS P2L-N/P2E-N Performance
•
Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter buses to memory to CPU.
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS smart series of motherboards with
Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE,
which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this new
technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specs so there is no need to
upgrade current hard drives or cables.
• SDRAM Optimized Performance: ASUS smart series of motherboards sup-
port the new generation memory, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB/s max
using EDO memory to 528MB/s max using SDRAM.
II. FEATURES
Features
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TURES