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•PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system status information, such as CPU and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM software.

•AMR Slot: Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or modem riser card.

•PCI/ISA Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) with one optional 16-bit ISA expansion slot. All PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports up to 133MB/s maximum through- put.)

•Low Pin Count (LPC) 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.

•Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firm- ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au- tomatic setup.

•Smart BIOS: 4Mbit firmware gives a new easy-to-use interface which provides more control and protection over the motherboard. Provides Vcore and CPU/ SDRAM frequency adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection. Hardware random number generator supports new security software for data protection and secured Internet transactions.

•IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.

•Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas- ter busses to the memory and processor.

•Onboard LED: The onboard LED will light up when there is standby power to the motherboard. This acts as a reminder to the user to turn OFF the power before plugging and unplugging devices so as not to damage the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components.

2.1.2 Specifications–Optional Components

The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase:

•Onboard Audio: AC97 V2.1 compliant Audio Codec with Analog Devices, Inc.’s 3D sound circuitry and sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz.

•Infrared Interface: Integrated Consumer IR and Standard IR supports an op- tional remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, personal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.

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