Table of Contents
Advertisement
Features of the ASUS SP98-N Motherboard
The ASUS SP98-N motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many features in a small package, namely:
•
Mini NLX: Features ASUS' custom-designed mini-NLX form factor.
•
SiS Chipset: Features the SiS 5598 chipset with built-in video controller and
support for video-shared memory from 1MB to 4MB.
•
Onboard Audio: Yamaha 16-bit audio onboard.
•
Slim CD-ROM: Supports a notebook-sized slim CD-ROM drive.
•
Wake on LAN: Supports wake on LAN activity with built-in network support.
•
Intel Network Interface: Equipped with the Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Con-
troller (fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) with LED indicators for
monitoring network conditions.
•
Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium
®
P54CS), IBM
/Cyrix
(PR166 & faster), AMD-K5
•
Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8-
128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM memory modules up to 256MB.
•
Super Multi-I/O: Provides an onboard I/O processor for two high-speed UART-
compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
•
Level 2 Cache: Comes with onboard 512K Pipelined Burst SRAM.
•
Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)
•
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Onboard Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors (one for CD-ROM only). Supports two IDE de-
vices up to 8.4GB using one channel. Supports Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE,
PIO Modes 3 & 4, and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. Includes integrated key-
board controller. Supports two of either 5.25-inch (360KB, 1.2KB) or 3.5-inch
disk drives (720KB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB). Supports Japanese "Floppy 3 mode"
(3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive:
120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device bootup.
•
Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through
onboard firmware.
•
Performance: Provides 528MB/s data transfer rate using SDRAM, 33MB/s IDE
transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE, concurrent PCI allows multiple
PCI transfers.
•
Compliancy: ACPI ready for advanced power management features and PC97
compliancy for greater support.
•
Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard disk drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
•
Riser Card: Provides NLX power, primary IDE, floppy drive, LAN wake up
connector, 2 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot, 2 USB ports, and IrDA.
8
II. FEATURES
®
6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM
™
(PR75–PR133), AMD-K6
ASUS SP98-N User's Manual
®
75–233MHz (P55C-MMX
®
/Cyrix
™
(PR166 & faster).
™
, P54C/
®
™
6x86MX
Advertisement
Table of Contents
