Chapter 1: Introduction - DFI C586VX User Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction
The C586VX, equipped with a 321-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) CPU
socket, is Pentium processor-class system board supporting Intel
Pentium CPUs running at 75MHz, 90MHz, 100MHz, 120MHz, 133MHz,
150MHz, 166MHz and 200MHz frequencies. The C586VX also supports
Cyrix 6x86 P120+/P133+/P150+/P166+ and AMD-K5 PR75/PR90/
PR100 CPUs.
The C586VX can support 8MB to 128MB of system memory. It is
equipped with a DIMM socket using x64 EDO, fast page mode or
SDRAM, and 4 SIMM sockets using EDO or fast page mode x32
DRAM. This system board also supports 256KB or 512KB pipeline burst
SRAM, and provides easy cache upgrades using a 256KB cache mod-
ule.
The C586VX design is based on the Peripheral Component Intercon-
nect (PCI) local bus and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) stan-
dards. It is equipped with 4 dedicated PCI slots and 3 dedicated 16-bit
ISA slots.
The C586VX board has two bus master PCI IDE connectors. Bus mas-
tering reduces CPU use during disk transfer. This system board is also
equipped with two NS16C550A-compatible serial ports, an SPP/ECP/
EPP parallel port, a floppy disk drive controller, one PS/2 mouse port,
one PS/2 or AT keyboard connector, two USB connectors and one IrDA
header for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral
devices. .
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