Features - Asus P2B-D User Manual

Features

The ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS motherboards are carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
• Multi-Speed: Supports Dual Intel Pentium
(233MHz to 450MHz) processors.
• Intel AGPset: Features Intel's 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus
(FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz external bus speed to 100MHz.
• Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS, offering
enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based virus protection through
Trend ChipAwayVirus, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
• PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 1GB. These new SDRAMs are
necessary to meet the enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement.
• Wake-On-LAN: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI-L101
10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card (see IX. ASUS PCI-L101 LAN Card) or a similar ethernet
card.
• Adaptec SCSI Chipset: Features Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra2 SCSI chipset (optional) that
supports a combination of 8-bit and 16-bit Ultra2, Ultra, and single-ended or standard
SCSI devices and the AIC-3860 transceiver chipset (optional) that bridges the compat-
ibility gap between these mixed environments without affecting system performance by
taking advantage of the benefits of low-voltage differential (LVD) technology.
• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, compo-
nent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications using a 1X or 2X
mode bus.
• SB-Link™: Features Creative's SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, using Intel's
PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards.
• SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physically
transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
• PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA PCI slots. All
PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports
up to 133MB/s maximum throughput.)
• Intelligence: Supports Keyboard Power Up, Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm, Tem-
perature Monitoring and Alert, Voltage Monitoring and Alert, System Resources Alert,
and Virus Write Protection through the onboard Hardware Monitor, Intel LANDesk Cli-
ent Manager (LDCM), and ASUS PC Probe software.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral-
lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the
Infrared Module for wireless connections.
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which allows
hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compat-
ibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section VI)
• UltraDMA/33 Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with
two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels. Supports UltraDMA/33, PIO
Modes 3 and 4, and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, as well as Enhanced IDE devices, such as
Tape Backup, CD-ROM, CD-R/W, and LS-120 drives.
• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses
to the memory and processor.
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