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Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus BIOS - p5s bios
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II. FEATURES Smart Series II. FEATURES Special Features • Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS, offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup. • 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 SOFTWARE REFERENCE.) • Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • PC'98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this motherboard meet PC'98 compliancy. The new PC'98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards or other Symbios SCSI cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware. Performance Features • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas- ter busses to the memory and processor. • High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: This motherboard with its chipset and support for UltraDMA/66 doubles the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer rate to 66.6MB/s. UltraDMA/66 is backward compatible with both DMA/33 and DMA and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade current EIDE/ IDE drives and host systems. (UltraDMA/66 requires a 40-pin 80-conductor cable to be enabled and/or for UltraDMA Mode 4.) • SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the new generation memory - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) - which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB/s max using PC100-compliant SDRAM. Intelligent Features • Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm: To prevent system overheat and system damage, the CPU and chassis fans are monitored for RPM and failure. Each fan can be set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds. • Temperature Monitoring andAlert: To avoid any failures triggered by extremely high temperature, there is a heat sensor under the CPU to make sure your system is operating at a safe heat level. ASUS P5S-B User's Manual 9