Asus P I-P55TP4N User Manual - Page 8

II. FEATURES (Features) II. FEATURES Features of This Motherboard The P/I-P55TP4N is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS supports auto detection of hard drives and Plug and Play to make setup of hard drives and expansion cards virtually automatic. • Multi-Speed Support: Supports one 75-166MHz Pentium CPU on a ZIF Socket 7. • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430FX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. • L2 Cache: Provides the option of 0KB upgradeable to 256KB or 512KB, or onboard 256KB Pipelined Burst SRAM upgradeable to 512KB. Upgrades are made through a Synchronous SRAM cache module. (See page 14 for compatible cache modules.) • 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 and Extended Data Output (EDO) SIMMs. • ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus 2.0 which allows the use of either an standard PCI card or the ASUS MediaBus Card. • ASUS MediaBus Rev 2.0: Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4 for an optional high-performance expansion card which includes two functions in one easy-to-install card. (For revision compatibility information, please refer to page 18.) • 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 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 external card. The Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB) floppy standard is also supported. 2 P/I-P55TP4N User's Manual