Features - ECS P6VAP-Me Manual

Features

The key features of this mainboard are the advanced VIA VT82C694XA/
596B chipset, and the FC-PGA processor support so that you can install
a wide range of Intel Celeron or Cyrix Joshua processors. You can use
this board to develop a low-cost value system, with very comprehensive
features.
Support FC-PGA Intel Celeron/Cyrix Joshua
This mainboard supports two kinds of processors: FC-PGA Intel
Celerons, and Cyrix FC-PGA Joshua processors.
The new generation FC-PGA Celeron processors ship in the familiar
square plastic package, and they install in a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket called a Socket-370. The new Celeron processors are close to
Pentium-II performance because they include a level-2 cache memory of
128K. However, they operate over a 66 MHz system bus and they
currently ship at clock speeds of up to 533 MHz.
The new Cyrix FC-PGA Joshua processor also fits into the Socket-370.
The Joshua will include a 256K on-chip L2 cache, which runs at full
processor speed. It is the first non-Intel chip to plug into the same socket
as a Celeron.
Assemblers can choose the processor they need to meet performance or
price targets. You can configure the system for any of the supported
processor clock speeds using the BIOS setup utility. It is not necessary
to set switches or jumpers.
Two DIMM Memory Slots
The board has two DIMM slots for the installation of 168-pin, 3.3V
standard or registered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory) memory modules. The system supports memory that has built-
in error correction (EC), error correction code (ECC), or has no error
correction.
The DIMM slots support PC-100 (100 MHz) and PC-133 (133 MHz)
memory modules. You can install one or two modules. Each memory
module can hold a maximum capacity of 512 MB of standard SDRAM
chips so maximum memory capacity is 1 GB.
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