FEATURES .II (Features)

II. FEATURES

Features of the VX97 Motherboard

The ASUS VX97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package. This motherboard:

•Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430VX 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).

•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.

•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)

•L2 Cache: Comes in 256KB or 512KB models.

•Versatile DRAM Memory Support: Supports 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB. Supports both Fast Page Mode (FPM) and Extended Data Output (EDO) SIMMs.

•ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three PCI slots, three ISA slots, and one PCI/ISA share slot.

•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. The Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB) floppy standard is also supported.

•PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan- nels, provides faster data transfer rates, and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS now supports IDE CD-

ROM or SCSI bootup.

•Optional IrDA and PS/2 Mouse Connector: This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface and a PS/2 mouse cable set.

•Symbios SCSI BIOS: This motherboard has firmware that supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards.

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ASUS VX97 User's Manual