Asus SP97-V User Manual - Page 8

II. FEATURES (ASUS SP97) II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS SP97 Motherboard The ASUS SP97 motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package, namely: • SiS Chipset: Features either SiS5582 or SiS5598 chipsets. The SiS5598 chipset has a built-in video controller and supports video shared memory from 1MB to 4MB. • Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium® 75-233MHz (P55C-MMX™, P54C/ P54CS), IBM®/Cyrix® 6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM®/Cyrix® 6x86MX™ (PR166 & faster), AMD-K5™ (PR75-PR133), AMD-K6™ (PR166 & faster). • Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4- 64MB 72-pin Fast Page Mode (FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules up to 256MB. • Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • Dual Power Supply: Includes both AT and ATX power connectors onboard to support an AT or ATX power supply with soft-on/soft-off features. • ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides two 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit PCI slots, and one PCI/ISA shared slot for either a PCI or ISA card. • 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.) (See section V) • PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors. Supports four IDE devices more than 8.4GB in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and Enhanced IDE devices. Also supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. Includes integrated keyboard controller. Supports two of either 5.25- (360KB or 1.2KB) or 3.5-inch disk drives (720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB). 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 CDROM or SCSI device bootup. • Level 2 Cache: Comes with onboard 512K or 256KB Pipelined Burst SRAM. • USB, IrDA, PS/2 Mouse Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set to allow connection to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis. A second IrDA connector is available for a standard infrared cable set. • IrDA Connector: Supports an optional infrared module for wireless interface. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard firmware. 8 ASUS SP97 / SP97-V User's Manual