Asus P2E-B User Manual - Page 8

II. FEATURES (Features) II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2E-B Motherboard The ASUS P2E-B is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. This motherboard: • Multi-Speed: Supports an Intel Pentium®II processor from 233MHz-333MHz. • Intel AGPset: Features Intel's 440EX AGPset with I/O subsystems. • EnhancedACPI &Anti-BootVirus 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: Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8MB128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB. • AGP Slot: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications. • Dual Power Supply: Has both AT and ATX power connectors onboard to support an AT or ATX power supply with soft-on/off features. • ISA & PCI Expansion: Provides two 16-bit ISA expansion slots and three 32bit PCI expansion slots. • Wake on LAN: Supports Wake on LAN activity through optional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card. • 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.) (See section V) • PCI Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives. Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up. • Multi-Cache: Supports a Pentium® II processor with either 512KB, 256KB, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge. • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • Optional PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA: Supports an optional cable and bracket set to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis. A second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set. 8 ASUS P2E-B User's Manual