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Features of the ASUS P2B-N Motherboard

The ASUS P2B-N motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
Specifications
• NLX: Features ASUS' custom designed NLX form factor.
• Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium
(266MHz and faster) processors.
• Multi-Cache: Supports processors with or without Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache.
• Intel AGPset: Features Intel's 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus
(FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz.
• PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel
PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB.
• 100/10Mbps LAN: Features an onboard Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller
(fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) and a LAN Activity LED for moni-
toring network conditions.
• AGP VGA: Features an onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB SDRAM) or
Rage IIC (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.
• PCI Audio: Features onboard the ESS Solo-1 32-bit 3D positional PCI audio
which supports games and applications for Sound Blaster
Pro and full-duplex stereo.
• Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor: Accurately detects the CPU
temperature of processors with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed proces-
sor heatsink with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable.
• Hardware Monitoring: Monitors your system's vital components/activities,
such as fan rotations, voltages, and temperatures.
• Riser Card: Provides NLX power, primary IDE, floppy drive, LAN wake up
connector, 2 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot, 2 USB ports, and 1 IrDA port.
• Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that supports 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.
• Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium
in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a Celeron
packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).
• Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through the net-
work interface.
• IrDA Port: Features an infrared port on the riser card for wireless interface.
• Slim CD-ROM: Supports an optional ASUS slim CD-ROM drive for ASUS'
custom designed NLX form factor.
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