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PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan
status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC
Probe or Intel LDCM software.
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AMR Slot: Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.
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Legacy Free: Provides two 32-bit PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) with no ISA, elimi-
nating bottlenecks and system memory management issues. All PCI slots can
support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports up to
133MB/s maximum throughput.)
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Low Pin Count (LPC) Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can
also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
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Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98/2000/Millenium compat-
ibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most de-
vices for virtually automatic setup.
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Smart BIOS: 4Mbit firmware gives a new easy-to-use interface which provides
more control and protection over the motherboard. Provides Vcore and CPU/
SDRAM frequency adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/
ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection. Hardware random number generator supports new
security software for data protection and secured Internet transactions.
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IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
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Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to the memory and processor.
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Onboard LED: The onboard LED will light up when there is standby power to
the motherboard. This acts as a reminder to the user to turn OFF the power
before plugging and unplugging devices so as not to damage the motherboard,
peripherals, and/or components.
2.1.2 Specifications–Optional Components
The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase:
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PCI Audio: Features Aureal's Vortex 2 positional 3D audio chip with A3D 2.0
hardware support. A3D 2.0 provides many advanced 3D audio features, includ-
ing Aureal Wavetracing™, which traces sound waves in real-time to simulate
the acoustic characteristics of the environment for true 3D audio.
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Smart Audio: AC97 V2.1 compliant Audio Codec with sample rate conversion
from 7kHz to 48kHz.
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Smart Networking: Features 3Com's Ethernet Controller, which supports Wired
for Management, remote wake-up, and OnNow initiative to reduce Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO).
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No Messy Wires: Integrated Consumer IR and Standard IR supports an op-
tional remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals,
personal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.
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