Asus MEL-B - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS MEL-B User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
The ASUS MEL-B Motherboard
The ASUS MEL-B motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
Specifications
•
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 three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC66-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB.
• 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.
• PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides three 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA expan-
sion 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 Header: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional
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 DIP switches make changing CPU and
onboard feature settings a snap.