1.1System Features

The ASUS AP130-D is a stylish barebone server featuring the ASUS P4B266-M motherboard. The server supports the Intel® Pentium® 4 478/ Northwood processor, and includes the latest I/O, audio, and video technologies through the chipsets embedded on the motherboard.

Following are highlights of the server’s many features.

•Processor: Support for Intel Pentium 4 processor with 512KB L2 cache and speeds of up to over 2GHz

•Memory: Two DIMM sockets support up to 2GB of system memory using unbuffered ECC or non-ECC PC2100/PC1600 DDR DIMMs

•System Chipset: Intel 845D (Brookdale) chipset composed of Intel Memory Controller Hub (MCH). The MCH along with the south bridge Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2) are interconnected through the Intel proprietary Hub interface. The MCH provides the processor interface, system memory interface, AGP interface, and Hub Interface.

•LAN Chipset: The RealTek 8100 PCI LAN controller is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device that allows 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX networking capabilities, and provides the LAN solution to perform high speed data transfers over the PCI bus.

•Audio CODEC: The AC ’97 audio CODEC onboard provides stereo analog I/O on the motherboard and peripheral devices to deliver high- quality audio.

•Storage: Two 5.25-inch drive bays (one occupied by CD-ROM), two 3.5-inch drive bays, and a 1.44MB floppy drive

•Expansion: Three PCI expansion slots, one AGP 4X slot

•Power Supply: 200-watt ATX power supply with a 115Vac/230Vac voltage selector switch

•Security: Equipped with security chassis keylock

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Chapter 1: System Overview