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Features of the ASUS P2B98-XV Motherboard - supported cpu

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II. FEATURES Specifications II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2B98-XV Motherboard The ASUS P2B98-XV is carefully designed for the discriminating PC user who wants smart features processed by the fastest CPU. • Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium® II (233MHz-450MHz) processor. • IntelAGPset: Features Intel's 440BXAGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz. • Multi-Cache: Supports a Pentium® II processor with either 512KB, 128KB, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge. • PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) 168-pin SDRAM memory modules up to 768MB. • Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through optional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card. • Programmable Flash ROM: 2Mbit programmable bios (Flash EEPROM), offering built-in, hardware-based virus protection and enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, autodetection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices for virtually automatic setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices. • Onboard AGP VGA: Features ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X VGA chipset onboard with sideband addressing and 8MB SDRAM graphics memory. • SB-Link™: Features Creative's SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, using Intel's PC-PCI technology, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards. • PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA slots . • 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 from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. • 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 Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, supports UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives. • SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard SYMBIOS firmware. • IrDA Connector: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface. • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas- ter busses to memory to CPU. 8 ASUS P2B98-XV User's Manual

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ASUS P2B98-XV User’s Manual
Features of the ASUS P2B98-XV Motherboard
The ASUS P2B98-XV is carefully designed for the discriminating PC user who
wants smart features processed by the fastest CPU.
Versatile Processor Support:
Intel Pentium
®
II (233MHz–450MHz) processor.
Intel AGPset:
Features Intel’s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus
(FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz.
Multi-Cache:
Supports a Pentium
®
II processor with either 512KB, 128KB, or
0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge.
PC100 Memory Support:
Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support (8,
16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) 168-pin SDRAM memory modules up to 768MB.
Wake-On-LAN Connector:
Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through optional
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.
Programmable Flash ROM:
2Mbit programmable bios (Flash EEPROM), offer-
ing built-in, hardware-based virus protection and enhanced ACPI for Windows 98
compatibility, autodetection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices
for virtually automatic setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices.
Onboard AGP VGA:
Features ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X VGA chipset
onboard with sideband addressing and 8MB SDRAM graphics memory.
SB-Link™:
Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, using Intel’s
PC-PCI technology, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards.
PCI & ISA Expansion Slots:
Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA slots .
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 from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
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 Bus Master IDE:
Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2,
and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM, and
LS-120 drives.
SCSI BIOS:
Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard
SYMBIOS firmware.
IrDA Connector:
Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
Concurrent PCI:
Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to memory to CPU.
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FEATURES
Specifications
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FEATURES