Asus P2B-N P2B-N User Manual - Page 8

2. FEA TURES Specifications 2. FEATURES 2.1 The ASUS P2B-N Motherboard The ASUS P2B-N is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU. 2.1.1 Specifications • NLX: Features ASUS' custom designed NLX form factor. • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium® III (450MHz and faster), Pentium® II (233MHz to 450MHz), and CeleronTM SEPP (266MHz and faster) processors. • Multi-Cache: Supports processors with 512, 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache. • Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS, offering enhanced Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) support for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup. • IntelAGPset: Features Intel's 440BXAGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66MHz external bus speed to 100MHz. • PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement. • 100/10Mbps LAN (optional): Features an onboard Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) and a LAN Activity LED for monitoring network conditions. • AGP VGA (optional): Features an onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB SDRAM) or Rage IIC (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration. • PCI Audio (optional): Features onboard the ESS Solo-1 32-bit 3D positional PCI audio which supports games and applications for Sound BlasterTM and Sound Blaster Pro and full-duplex stereo. • Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor: Accurately detects the CPU temperature of processors with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable. • Hardware Monitoring (optional): Provides an easier way to examine and manage system status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM by Intel or PC Probe from ASUS. • Riser Cards: Provides NLX power, IDE, floppy drive, LAN wake up connectors; PCI/ISA slots; and USB and IrDA support. • Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports 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. 8 ASUS P2B-N User's Manual