Asus CUV4X-C - Manual (Page 9)

ASUS CUV4X-C User’s Manual 9
2. FEATURES
2. FEA
TURES
Specifications
• Wake-On-Ring Connector: Supports Wake-On-Ring activity through a PCI
modem card through a WOR connector.
• PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan
status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC
Probe.
• SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface used to physically
transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
• PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion
slots that can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards (PCI
supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput) and one Audio Modem Riser
(AMR) slot that supports an audio and/or modem riser card.
• 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.
• Smart BIOS: 2MB firmware provides Vcore and CPU/SDRAM frequency
adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot
selection.
• Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in
firmware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for a virtual
automatic setup.
• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master
busses to the memory and processor.
• 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.)