Introduction To Asus Sp97 Series Of Motherboards - Asus SP97 User Manual

Introduction to ASUS SP97 Series of Motherboards

Performance
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS SP97 series of motherboards with SiS
5582 or SiS 5598 (with VGA) improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE, which can handle data transfers up to 33MB/s. This new
technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications so there is no
need to upgrade current hard disk drives or cables.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to memory to CPU.
• ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also imple-
mented on all ASUS SiS 5582 or SiS 5598 (with VGA) series of motherboards.
ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems (OS)
supporting OS Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these
features implemented in the OS, PCs can be ready around-the-clock, yet satisfy
all the energy saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-
supported OS, such as the successor to Windows 95, must be used.
• PC '97 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS SP97 series of
motherboards meet PC '97 compliancy. The new PC '97 requirements for sys-
tems and components are based on the following high-level goals: support for
Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man-
aging all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation proce-
dures for both Windows 95 and Windows NT.
ASUS SP97 / SP97-V User's Manual
II. FEATURES
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