Asus MEL - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS MEL User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
The ASUS MEL Motherboard
The ASUS MEL motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who
wants many intelligent features in a small package.
Specifications
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Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel Celeron processors (300MHz and faster)
designed for Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
• Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with a 66MHz Front Side Bus
and I/O subsystems.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firm-
ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au-
tomatic setup.
• Versatile Memory: Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC66-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 1024MB.
• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications sup-
porting a 1X or 2X mode bus.
• Onboard Audio (optional): Features an ESS Solo-1 32-bit PCI audio onboard.
Includes a complete online help to guide you through the audio software.
• PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides five 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA expansion
slots.
• PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easier way to examine and manage system
status information such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan sta-
tus through the onboard hardware ASIC and bundled LDCM or ASUS PC Probe.
• Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op-
tional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card.
• SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI
audio cards.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• 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.)
• Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
• Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that 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.
• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
• Quick Adjustments: Easy-to-access function switches make changing CPU and
onboard features settings a snap.