FEATURES .II (Features)

II. FEATURES

Features of the ASUS TX97-E Motherboard

The ASUS TX97-E is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. This motherboard:

•Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.

•Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Intel Pentium® 75-200MHz (P55C-MMX™ , P54C/P54CS), Cyrix® P166+ (Rev 2.7 & later),AMD-K5™(PR75-133MHz), AMD- K6™ (PR200-233MHz).

•Versatile Memory Support: Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8-128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB. Is also equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4-64MB 72-pin Fast Page Mode (FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules up to 256MB. SIMMs and DIMMs cannot be used at the same time.

•Easy Installation: Is 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.

•Dual Power Supply: Has both AT and ATX power connectors onboard to sup- port an AT or ATX power supply with soft-on/off features.

•ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus/ISA shared slot which allows the use of either a standard PCI card, an ASUS MediaBus card, or an ISA card.

•ASUS MediaBus: Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4 for an optional high-performance expansion card which includes two functions in one easy-to-install card.

•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. Two floppy drives of either 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported without an exter- nal card. Supports Japanese standard "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB).

•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)

•PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and supports Enhanced IDE de- vices. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS now supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup.

•Level 2 Cache: 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.

•Optional PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis. A second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set.

•SCSI BIOS: Has firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI controller cards.

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ASUS TX97-E User’s Manual