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Feature guide – Asus P55SP4 User Manual

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Feature Guide

If you install a cache module in the cache socket, the SRAM
sockets are disabled. Cache module options include 256KB,

512KB or 1MB of Pipelined SRAM.

Three 16-bit ISA and four 32-bit PCI expansion slots, with one
shared slot position. The PCI slots are Bus Master capable. In
addition to supporting standard PCI cards, the PCI4 slot also

has a proprietary slot extension which combines with it to form

the proprietary ASUSTek MediaBus slot.

BIOS support for Power management and "Plug and Play"
features and Enhanced ГОЕ, including support for up to four
ГОЕ hard disks or other ГОЕ devices and hard disks larger than

528MB and up to 8.4GB. Auto detection of installed IDE hard

disk drives via a utility built into the BIOS.

On-board 'Multi-I/O' using the NS 87C334 multi-I/O chip: 2

serial ports, 16550 Fast UART compatible; 1 parallel port with
EPP and ECP capabilities; all configurable as primary or sec­
ondary COM and LPT ports; the second UART can support an

IrDA-compatible infrared port module attached to the 5-pin

onboard connector, instead of the COM2 port; the floppy disk
drive controller supports drives up to 2.88MB capacity.

On-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two coimectors

supports four IDE devices in two channels, faster data trans­

fer rates and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape
Backup and CD-ROM drives. The controller supports PIO'

Modes 3 and 4 at a maximum transfer rate of ITMB/second

and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 at maximum 22MB/second.

Optional IrDA infrared port module and external PS/2 port

connector.

On-board NCR SCSI BIOS firmware supports the optional PCI

SC-200 SCSI controller card.

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