Asus P2B-B - Manual (Page 9)

ASUS P2B-B User’s Manual 9
Special Features:
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Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS,
offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based
virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes, and autodetection of most
devices for virtually automatic setup.
• 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 the setup of hard disk
drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
• PC’98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of
motherboards meet PC’98 compliancy. The new PC’98 requirements for sys-
tems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for
Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man-
aging all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation proce-
dures for Windows 95/98/NT.
• Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through
the onboard SYMBIOS firmware.
Performance Features:
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Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to the memory and processor.
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel
chipsets improve IDE transfer rates using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE which
can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this new technol-
ogy is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade
current hard drives or cables.
• SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the new generation memory - Syn-
chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) which increases the data
transfer rate from 528MB/s max using EDO memory to 800MB/s max using
PC100-compliant SDRAM.
II. FEATURES
II. FEA
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Specifications