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The 586IVX is a Pentium processor-class system board supporting
Intel Pentium Processor with MMX Technology and Intel Pentium pro-
cessors running at 75MHz, 90MHz, 100MHz, 120MHz, 133MHz,
150MHz, 166MHz and 200MHz frequencies. The 586IVX also supports
Cyrix 6x86™ P120+/P133+/P150+/P166+ and AMD-K5 PR75/PR90/
PR100/PR120/PR133/PR166 processors.
The 586IVX system board can support 8MB to 128MB of system
memory. It is equipped with 4 SIMM sockets using EDO or fast page
mode x32 DRAM. This system board also supports 256KB pipeline
burst SRAM.
The 586IVX design is based on the Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI) local bus and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) standards. It is
equipped with 3 dedicated PCI slots, 3 dedicated 16-bit ISA slots and 1
shared PCI/ISA slot.
The 586IVX is equipped with two NS16C550A-compatible serial ports,
an SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port, a shrouded floppy disk header, and two
shrouded PCI IDE headers with bus mastering capabilities that highly
reduce CPU use during disk transfer. This system board is also
equipped with one PS/2 mouse port, one PS/2 keyboard port, two USB
ports and one IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your
computer and peripheral devices.
The 586IVX system board is designed to fit into an ATX form factor
case. Using an ATX power supply, you can either shut down your com-
puter by pressing the Power button located on the front bezel of your
computer or by executing the Shut Down command under the Windows
95 operating system.
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