Asus TX97-N TX97-N User Manual - Page 8

II. FEATURES (Features) II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS TX97-N Motherboard The ASUS TX97-N motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package, namely: • Mini NLX: Features ASUS' custom designed mini-NLX form factor. • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430TX PCIset. • Onboard VGA: Has ATI 3D Rage VGA onboard with 1MB upgradable to 2MB. • Onboard Audio: Has Yamaha 16-bit audio onboard. • LCD Support: Supports a LCD panel as an alternative to a bulky monitor. • Slim CD-ROM: Supports a notebook-sized slim CD-ROM drive. • Wake on LAN: Supports wake on LAN activity with special network cards. • 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: Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8-128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB. • ISA & PCI Expansion Slots: Provides one 16-bit ISA slot & two 32-bit PCI slots • Super Multi-I/O: Provides an onboard I/O processor for two high-speed UARTcompatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. • Level 2 Cache: Comes with onboard 512K Pipelined Burst SRAM. • Onboard IrDA: Has an infrared port on the riser card for wireless interface. • 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: Has onboard Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors (one for CD-ROM only). Supports two IDE devices up to 8.4GB using one channel. Supports Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE, PIO Modes 3 & 4, and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. Includes integrated keyboard controller. Supports two of either 5.25-inch (360KB, 1.2KB) or 3.5-inch disk drives (720KB, 1.44MB, 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 CD-ROM or SCSI device bootup. • TV Out: Supports optional onboard TV out funtion using ImpacTV chipset. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard firmware. • Performance: Provides 528MB/s data transfer rate using SDRAM, 33MB/s IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE, concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers • Compliancy: IsACPI ready for advanced power management features and PC'97 for greater support. • 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. • Riser Card: Provides NLX power, primary IDE, floppy drive, LAN wake up connector, 2 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot, 2 USB ports, and IrDA. 8 ASUS TX97-N User's Manual