Performance

2. FEATURES

 

 

2.FEATURES

2.1.2Specifications–Optional Components

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

•Onboard Audio: C-Media Audio Chip CMI8738 supporting the latest PCI 6 channel and HRTF 3D Audio sound circuitry. A software package helps setup the multi-channel PC sound system.

•Promise® chip: Available on the TUSL2, the Promise IDE controller chip supports the ATA-100 protocol and Ultra DMA/100 data transfer speeds. The chip also delivers reliable redundancy and stable performance to RAID levels 0 or 1. Data “striping,” or RAID 0, improves speed performance as I/Otasks are spread between two hard disk drives. Data “mirroring,” or RAID 1, improves system fault tolerance as the protocol optimizes two identical hard disks to write data to each other.

2.1.3 Performance

•UltraPerformance: Onboard IDE Bus Master controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels. Supports UltraDMA/100, UltraDMA/ 66, UltraDMA/33 (IDE DMA Mode 2), PIO Modes 3 & 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices:DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.

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

•SDRAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports PC133-com- pliant Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate to 1066MB/s max.

•ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also imple- mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards. ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems (OS) supporting OS Direct Power Man- agement (OSPM). With these features implemented in the OS, PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy saving standards. To gain all the benefits, an ACPI-supported OS, such as Windows 98/2000/ME is required.

•Suspend and Go: Suspend-to-RAM (STR) provides maximum power savings

as an alternative to leaving the computer ON and QuickStart™ so that you do not have to wait for a long time for system bootup.

•New Compliancy: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification. The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on high-level goals: support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for managing all system compo- nents, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/ NT. Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy.

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