FEATURES .II (Specifications)

II. FEATURES

Features of the ASUS P2L97 Motherboard

The ASUS P2L97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features processed by the fastest CPU.

•Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium® II (233MHz–333MHz) processor.•Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with I/O subsystems.•Multi-Cache:Supports processors with Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache.

•Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support (8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB) 168-pin SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 384MB.

•AGP: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, compo- nent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.

•PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI, one 16-bit ISA, and one ISA/PCI shared slot.

•EnhancedACPI&Anti-BootVirusBIOS:Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.

•Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor: Accurately detects the CPU temperature of processors with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed proces- sor heatsink with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable.

•Keyboard Power (Wake) Up: Allows the computer to be powered on by press- ing any key on the keyboard.

•Intelligence: Supports Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm, Temperature Moni- toring and Alert, Voltage Monitoring and Alert, System Resources Alert, and Virus Write Protection through the optional onboard LM78 Hardware Monitor and Intel® LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM) software.

•Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE/Floppy: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, sup- ports Ultra DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM and LS-120 drives.

•Universal Retention Mechanism:Supports a Pentium® II processor packaged in Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a CeleronTM processor pack- aged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).

•Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op- tional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.

•Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

•Super 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.

•Desktop Management Interface (DMI):Supports DMI through BIOS, which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)

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

•Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas- ter busses to memory to CPU.

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