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1 Motherboard Description

1.1 Overview

The TE430VX design accepts Pentium processors operating at 75 MHz, 90 MHz, 100 MHz,
120 MHz, 133 MHz, 150 MHz, 166 MHz, and 200MHz. There is an option of having 256 KB of
Pipeline Burst SRAM soldered onto the motherboard, or a Card Edge Low Profile (CELP)
connector for cache expandability. The memory subsystem is designed to support up to 128 MB of
EDO DRAM, or up to 64 MB of a new memory architecture called SDRAM, in standard 168-pin
DIMM sockets. A type 7 Pentium OverDrive socket provides upgrades to future OverDrive
processors.
The TE430VX motherboard utilizes Intel's 82430VX PCISet. The 82430VX PCIset contains an
integrated PCI Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to
four IDE devices (such as hard drives, CD-ROM readers, and so forth). The SMC FDC37C932FR
Ultra I/O controller integrates the standard PC I/O functions: floppy interface, two FIFO serial
ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, a Real Time Clock, keyboard controller, and support for
an IrDA† compatible infrared interface. To provide for the increasing number of multimedia
applications, a Creative Labs Vibra16C audio codec is integrated onto the motherboard. The Vibra
16C provides 16-bit stereo, Sound Blaster† Pro compatible audio. Integrated onto the motherboard
also is the S3† Trio64† V+ video subsystem. Up to four PCI local bus slots provide a high
bandwidth data path for data-movement intensive functions such as video or networking, and up to
three ISA slots complete the I/O mix. A total of six expansion slots may be populated with full
length add-in cards: one PCI and ISA slot share the same chassis I/O panel.