Chapter 1: Introduction; Key Features - SOYO SC-6TBxE User Manual

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The 82440 BX PCI mainboard is a high-performance ATX architecture

system board that supports Pentium II family CPUs. This mainboard is

fully compatible with industry standards, and adds many technical

enhancements.

Processor supports:

Ñ Intel Pentium II CPU up to 100 MHz host bus frequency from

233 to 550 MHz (Notice that 450 to 550 MHz CPUs were not

available at the time of this mainboard was released so proper

functioning can not be guaranteed.)

Ñ auto detection of CPU voltage

DRAM controller:

Ñ supports 3 strips of 168-pin SDRAM Unbuffered DIMM

(8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB)

Ñ supports auto detection of memory type

Ñ supports ECC or Parity configuration

Ñ has onboard memory configurations from 8MB to 384MB

BUS controller:

Ñ complies with the PCI specifications v2.1

Ñ One 32-bit AGP slot onboard

Ñ four 32-bit PCI slots (Masters) and three ISA slots

Ñ supports Universal Serial BusÑUSB

Peripheral controller:

Ñ System BIOS supports ÒPlug and PlayÓ function

Ñ onboard built-in PCI Master IDE controller and floppy

controller

Ñ onboard supports for two high speed UARTS (w/i 16550 FIFO)

and Multimode parallel port for Standard, Enhanced (EPP) and

high speed (ECP) modes, PS/2 mouse function

Ñ onboard supports FLASH Memory for easy upgrade BIOS

Ñ onboard support for IR function

Ñ onboard support for Wake on Keyboard Function

Ñ Onboard Hardware monitor with temperature, voltage, and

FAN speed monitoring functions.

1 Introduction

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