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Features of the ASUS Motherboard
The ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
a great many features in a small package. This motherboard:
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Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make set up of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
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Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium
®
P54CS), IBM
/Cyrix
(PR166 & faster), AMD-K5
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Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430VX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
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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)
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L2 Cache: Comes in 0KB, 256KB, or 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM version,
each version is upgradeable to 256KB or 512KB. Upgrades are made through a
Synchronous SRAM cache module. (See page 14 for compatible modules.)
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Versatile DRAM Memory Support: Supports 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB, 8MB,
16MB, or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB. Supports both
Fast Page Mode (FPM) and Extended Data Output (EDO) SIMMs. Has two
168-pin DIMMs to support (8, 16, 32MB) SDRAM modules.
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ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit
PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus, which allows the use of either a standard PCI
card or the ASUS MediaBus Card.
•
ASUS MediaBus: Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4
for an optional high-performance expansion card, which includes two functions
in one easy-to-install card.
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Super 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.
•
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master
IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan-
nels, provides faster data transfer rates, and supports Enhanced IDE devices,
such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives. Supports two drives of either 5.25-
inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB) disk drives.
Supports Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120
floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120MB, 1.44MB, 720KB). BIOS sup-
ports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device bootup.
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II. FEATURES
®
6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM
™
(PR75-PR133), AMD-K6
ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 User's Manual
®
75-233MHz (P55C-MMX
®
/Cyrix
™
(PR166 & faster).
™
, P54C/
®
™
6x86MX
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