2.FEATURES

•SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physi- cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices.

•PCI/ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion slots, which can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards (PCI supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput) and three 16-bit ISA slots.

•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.

•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.

•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.

•Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium® III / II processor pack-

aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2/SECC) or a Celeron™ processor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).

•Smart BIOS: 2MB firmware provides Vcore and CPU/SDRAM frequency ad- justments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection.

•Integrated Infrared Support: Integrated IR supports an optional remote con- trol package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, personal gad- gets, or an optional remote controller.

Specifications

2. FEA TURES

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