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II. FEATURES Features II. FEATURES The ASUS MEL-C Motherboard The ASUS MEL-C motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. Specifications: • Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel Celeron processors (300MHz and faster) designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA). • Intel AGPset: Features Intel's 440LX AGPset with a 66MHz Front Side Bus and I/O subsystems. • Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup. • Versatile Memory: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC66compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB. • AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications supporting a 1X or 2X mode bus. • Onboard Audio (optional): Features an ESS Solo-1 32-bit PCI audio onboard. Includes a complete online help to guide you through the audio software. • PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA expansion slots. • Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card. • SB-Link™: Features Creative's SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, using Intel's PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards. • Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. • 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.) • Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives. • Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. 8 ASUS MEL-C User's Manual

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ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual
II.
FEATURES
Features
II.
FEATURES
The ASUS MEL-C Motherboard
The ASUS MEL-C motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
Specifications:
•
Intel Processor Support:
Supports Intel Celeron processors (300MHz and faster)
designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
•
Intel AGPset:
Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with a 66MHz Front Side Bus
and I/O subsystems.
•
Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS:
Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firm-
ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au-
tomatic setup.
•
Versatile Memory:
Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC66-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB.
•
AGP Slot:
Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications sup-
porting a 1X or 2X mode bus.
•
Onboard Audio (optional):
Features an ESS Solo-1 32-bit PCI audio onboard.
Includes a complete online help to guide you through the audio software.
•
PCI & ISA Expansion:
Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA expansion
slots.
•
Wake-On-LAN Connector:
Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op-
tional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card.
•
SB-Link™:
Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI
audio cards.
•
Super Multi-I/O:
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
•
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.)
•
Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE:
Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
•
Easy Installation:
Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.