FEATURES .II TXP4) (ASUS

II. FEATURES

Features of the ASUS TXP4 Motherboard

The ASUS TXP4 motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package, namely:

•Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 430HX PCIset with I/O subsystems.

•Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium® 75–233MHz (P55C-MMX™ , P54C/ P54CS), IBM® /Cyrix® 6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM® /Cyrix® 6x86MX™ (PR166 & above), AMD-K5™(PR75–PR133), AMD-K6™(PR166–PR233).

•Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8– 128MB 168-pin 3.3-Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB or 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: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

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

•ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides two 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit PCI slots, and one PCI/ISA shared slot for either a PCI or ISA card.

•Super Multi-I/O:Provides two high-speed UART-compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. Includes integrated keyboard controller. Supports two of either 5.25- or 3.5-inch disk drives (1.44MB or 2.88MB) without an external card. Supports Japanese standard “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5- inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K).

•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. Supports four IDE devices more than 8.4GB in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and Enhanced IDE devices. Also supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2.

BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device bootup.•Level 2 Cache: Comes with onboard 512K Pipelined Burst SRAM.

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

•Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller card through onboard firmware.

•Audio Ready: Supports optional onboard Creative Labs® Audio with 3D sound.

•Optional IrDA Connector: Supports an optional infrared port module for wire- less interface.

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