Asus A7V-VM User Manual page 2

• Infrared Interface: Integrated Serial Infrared interface supports an optional
remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, per-
sonal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.
1.1.2 Performance
• 100/133MHz or 100/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support:
CPU frequency can operate at 100MHz while system memory operates at
133MHz or 100MHz.
• High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: This motherboard with its chipset and
support for UltraDMA/66 doubles the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer rate to
66.6MB/s. UltraDMA/66 is backward compatible with both DMA/33 and DMA
and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade
current EIDE/IDE drives and host systems. (UltraDMA/66 requires a 40-pin
80-conductor cable to be enabled and/or for UltraDMA Mode 4.)
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter buses to memory to CPU.
• SDRAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports Synchronous
Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer
rate (1.064GB/s max using PC133-compliant SDRAMs and 800MB/s max us-
ing PC100-compliant SDRAMs).
• ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) provides
more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems (OS) supporting OS
Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features imple-
mented 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 Windows 98, must be used.
• New Compliancy: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meets
PC 99 compliancy. The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are
based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility
and power management for configuring and managing all system components,
and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT.
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1. FEATURES
ASUS A7V-VM User's Manual