Asus MEZ-VM MEZ-VM User Manual - Page 8

II. FEATURES Features II. FEATURES The ASUS MEZ-VM Motherboard The ASUS MEZ-VM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. • Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel's Celeron processor designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA). • Intel AGPset: Features Intel's 440ZX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front side bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66MHz internal bus to 100MHz. • AGP 3D AGP VGA: Features onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration. • Onboard Audio (optional): Provides Creative Labs ES1373 PCI audio chipset with 3D surround and positioning capability. Includes complete online help to guide you through the audio software. • Audio Codec (optional): Features an 18-bit stereo, full duplex, audio codec that conforms to AC'97 analog component specfications. • Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup. • Versatile Memory: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. • AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications using a 66MHz bus. • PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides two 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 16-bit ISA expansion slot . • Wake-On-LAN Header: 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. • IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface. 8 ASUS MEZ-VM User's Manual