Features; The Asus Mew Motherboard; Specifications - Asus MEW User Manual

2.1 The ASUS MEW Motherboard

The MEW motherboard from ASUS is carefully designed for the demanding PC
user who wants many smart features in a small package. So what's so smart about
the ASUS MEW motherboard?

2.1.1 Specifications

• Latest Intel Socket 370 Processor Support! Supports Intel's Celeron proces-
sor designed for Socket 370 and packaged in Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
• Latest Intel 810-DC100 Chipset! Features 100MHz FSB Intel 810-DC100
chipset (GMCH & ICH) with integrated 4MB, 32-bit 100MHz SDRAM display
cache controller and a 24-bit 230MHz RAMDAC graphics controller.
• Integrated Graphics! Controller supports 3D hyper pipelined architecture, par-
allel data processing and compression, precise pixel interpolation, full 2D hard-
ware acceleration, and motion video acceleration. Onboard 4MB SDRAM dis-
play cache allows up to 1024x768x16bit color for 3D graphics and
1600x1200x8bit color for 2D graphics.
• ASUS Graphics Driver! You can gain about 12% performance over that of the
standard graphics driver (2D highend graphics WinMark) using ASUS' custom
graphics driver. ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and
provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions.
• Versatile Memory Support! DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address-
ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100-compliant SDRAMs (16, 32,
64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. (supports a maximum of 4 sides)
• JumperFree™ Mode! Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre-
quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree™ mode is
enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included incase you
want to manually adjust the processor's external frequency.
• Smart Slots! Optional five 32-bit PCI (rev 2.2) with two 16-bit ISA expansion
slots, 6 PCI with 1 ISA, or 6 PCI with no ISA. PCI supports up to 133MB/sec
maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can support a Bus Master PCI card (such
as SCSI or LAN cards).
• Latest Low Pin Count Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• Integrated IDE! Controller supports UltraDMA/66 up to 66MB/s, UltraDMA/
33 up to 33MB/s, and PIO Mode 4 up to 17MB/s.
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI) V2.3! Supports DMI through BIOS,
which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a
higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.)
• Peripheral Wake-Up! Supports Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On-Ring, Keyboard
Wake-Up, BIOS Wake-Up, and wake-up by infrared remote control.
• AMR Slot! Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.
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