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•PC’99 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series motherboards are PC’99 compliant. The new PC’99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: support for Plug- n-Play capability and power management for configuring and managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC’99.

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•Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm: To prevent system overheat and system damage, the CPU, power supply, and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure. All the fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.

•Voltage Monitoring and Alert: System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components. Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management.

•System Resources Alert: Windows 98, Windows NT, and OS/2, require much more memory and hard disk space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The onboard hardware ASUS ASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM, will warn you before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes.

•Dual Function Power Button: Through BIOS, the power button can be defined as the “Stand by” (a.k.a. Suspend or Sleep) button or as the Soft-Off button (see ATX Power / Soft-Off Switch Lead in 3.8 Connectors for more information). Regardless of the setting, pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds allows the computer to enter the Soft-Off mode.

•Remote Ring On (requires modem): This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem. With this benefit on hand, you can access any information from their computers from anywhere in the world.

•Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Message LEDs now act as information providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, you can determine if a message has been received from a fax/modem. A simple glimpse provides useful information. This function requires ACPI OS and driver support.

•Peripheral Power Up: Keyboard or Mouse power up can be enabled or disabled through BIOS setup to allow the computer to be powered ON using your keyboard or mouse click.

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